cf.FieldAncillary

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class cf.FieldAncillary(properties=None, data=None, source=None, copy=True, _use_data=True)

Bases: cf.mixin.propertiesdata.PropertiesData, cfdm.fieldancillary.FieldAncillary

A field ancillary construct of the CF data model.

The field ancillary construct provides metadata which are distributed over the same sampling domain as the field itself. For example, if a data variable holds a variable retrieved from a satellite instrument, a related ancillary data variable might provide the uncertainty estimates for those retrievals (varying over the same spatiotemporal domain).

The field ancillary construct consists of an array of the ancillary data, which is zero-dimensional or which depends on one or more of the domain axes, and properties to describe the data. It is assumed that the data do not depend on axes of the domain which are not spanned by the array, along which the values are implicitly propagated. CF-netCDF ancillary data variables correspond to field ancillary constructs. Note that a field ancillary construct is constrained by the domain definition of the parent field construct but does not contribute to the domain’s definition, unlike, for instance, an auxiliary coordinate construct or domain ancillary construct.

NetCDF interface

The netCDF variable name may be accessed with the nc_set_variable, nc_get_variable, nc_del_variable, and nc_has_variable methods.

The netCDF variable group structure may be accessed with the nc_set_variable, nc_get_variable, nc_variable_groups, nc_clear_variable_groups, and nc_set_variable_groups methods.

New in version (cfdm): 1.7.0

Initialisation

Parameters

properties: dict, optional

Set descriptive properties. The dictionary keys are property names, with corresponding values.

Properties may also be set after initialisation with the set_properties and set_property methods.

Parameter example:

properties={'standard_name': 'altitude'}

data: data_like, optional

Set the data.

A data_like object is any object that can be converted to a Data object, i.e. numpy array_like objects, Data objects, and cf instances that contain Data objects.

The data also may be set after initialisation with the set_data method.

source: optional

Convert source, which can be any type of object, to a FieldAncillary instance.

All other parameters, apart from copy, are ignored and their values are instead inferred from source by assuming that it has the FieldAncillary API. Any parameters that can not be retrieved from source in this way are assumed to have their default value.

Note that if x is also a FieldAncillary instance then cf.FieldAncillary(source=x) is equivalent to x.copy().

copy: bool, optional

If True (the default) then deep copy the input parameters prior to initialisation. By default the parameters are not deep copied.

Inspection

Methods

dump	A full description of the field ancillary construct.
identity	Return the canonical identity.
identities	Return all possible identities.
inspect	Inspect the object for debugging.

Attributes

construct_type	Return a description of the construct type.
id	An identity for the FieldAncillary object.

Selection

Methods

match_by_identity	Whether or not the construct identity satisfies conditions.
match_by_naxes	Whether or not the data has a given dimensionality.
match_by_ncvar	Whether or not the netCDF variable name satisfies conditions.
match_by_property	Whether or not properties satisfy conditions.
match_by_units	Whether or not the construct has given units.

Properties

Methods

del_property	Remove a property.
get_property	Get a CF property.
has_property	Whether a property has been set.
set_property	Set a property.
properties	Return all properties.
clear_properties	Remove all properties.
del_properties	Remove properties.
set_properties	Set properties.

Attributes

add_offset	The add_offset CF property.
calendar	The calendar CF property.
comment	The comment CF property.
_FillValue	The _FillValue CF property.
history	The history CF property.
leap_month	The leap_month CF property.
leap_year	The leap_year CF property.
long_name	The long_name CF property.
missing_value	The missing_value CF property.
month_lengths	The month_lengths CF property.
scale_factor	The scale_factor CF property.
standard_name	The standard_name CF property.
units	The units CF property.
valid_max	The valid_max CF property.
valid_min	The valid_min CF property.
valid_range	The valid_range CF property.

Units

Methods

override_units	Override the units.
override_calendar	Override the calendar of date-time units.

Attributes

Units

The cf.Units object containing the units of the data array.

Data

Attributes

array	A numpy array deep copy of the data.
Data	Deprecated at version 3.0.0, use data attribute or get_data method instead.
data	The Data object containing the data array.
datetime_array	An independent numpy array of date-time objects.
datum	Return an element of the data array as a standard Python scalar.
dtype	The numpy data type of the data array.
isscalar	True if the data array is scalar.
ndim	The number of data dimensions.
shape	A tuple of the data array’s dimension sizes.
size	The number elements in the data.
varray	A numpy array view of the data.

Methods

to_dask_array	Convert the data to a dask array.
__getitem__	Return a subspace defined by indices.
del_data	Remove the data.
get_data	Return the data.
has_data	Whether or not the construct has data.
set_data	Set the data.

Rearranging elements

flatten	Flatten axes of the data.
flip	Flip (reverse the direction of) data dimensions.
insert_dimension	Expand the shape of the data array.
roll	Roll the data along one or more axes.
squeeze	Remove size one axes from the data array.
swapaxes	Interchange two axes of an array.
transpose	Permute the axes of the data array.

Expanding the data

halo	Expand the data by adding a halo.
pad_missing	Pad an axis with missing data.

Data array mask

apply_masking	Apply masking as defined by the CF conventions.
count	Count the non-masked elements of the data.
count_masked	Count the masked elements of the data.
fill_value	Return the data array missing data value.
masked_invalid	Mask the array where invalid values occur (NaN or inf).

binary_mask	A binary (0 and 1) missing data mask of the data array.
hardmask	Whether the mask is hard (True) or soft (False).
mask	The mask of the data array.

Changing data values

__setitem__	Called to implement assignment to x[indices]
masked_invalid	Mask the array where invalid values occur (NaN or inf).
subspace	Return a new variable whose data is subspaced.
where	Set data array elements depending on a condition.

Miscellaneous

rechunk	Change the chunk structure of the data.
close	Close all files referenced by the construct.
convert_reference_time	Convert reference time data values to have new units.
cyclic	Get or set the cyclicity of an axis.
period	Return or set the period of the data.
iscyclic	Whether or not a given axis is cyclic.
isperiodic	True if a given axis is periodic.
get_original_filenames	The names of files containing the original data and metadata.
has_bounds	Whether or not there are cell bounds.
persist	Persist the underlying dask array into memory.

Miscellaneous

Methods

concatenate	Join a sequence of variables together.
copy	Return a deep copy.
creation_commands	Return the commands that would create the construct.
equals	Whether two instances are the same.
to_memory	Bring data on disk into memory.
uncompress	Uncompress the construct.

Attributes

T	True if and only if the data are coordinates for a CF ‘T’ axis.
X	Always False.
Y	Always False.
Z	Always False.
id	An identity for the FieldAncillary object.

Mathematical operations

Methods

Trigonometrical and hyperbolic functions

arccos	Take the trigonometric inverse cosine of the data element- wise.
arccosh	Take the inverse hyperbolic cosine of the data element-wise.
arcsin	Take the trigonometric inverse sine of the data element-wise.
arcsinh	Take the inverse hyperbolic sine of the data element-wise.
arctan	Take the trigonometric inverse tangent of the data element- wise.
arctanh	Take the inverse hyperbolic tangent of the data element-wise.
cos	Take the trigonometric cosine of the data element-wise.
cosh	Take the hyperbolic cosine of the data element-wise.
sin	Take the trigonometric sine of the data element-wise.
sinh	Take the hyperbolic sine of the data element-wise.
tan	Take the trigonometric tangent of the data element-wise.
tanh	Take the hyperbolic tangent of the data array.

Rounding and truncation

ceil	The ceiling of the data, element-wise.
clip	Limit the values in the data.
floor	Floor the data array, element-wise.
rint	Round the data to the nearest integer, element-wise.
round	Round the data to the given number of decimals.
trunc	Truncate the data, element-wise.

Statistical collapses

max	Alias for maximum.
mean	The unweighted mean the data array.
mid_range	The unweighted average of the maximum and minimum of the data array.
min	Alias for minimum.
range	The absolute difference between the maximum and minimum of the data array.
sample_size	The number of non-missing data elements in the data array.
sum	The sum of the data array.
sd	Alias for standard_deviation
var	Alias for variance
standard_deviation	The unweighted sample standard deviation of the data array.
variance	The unweighted sample variance of the data array.
maximum	The maximum of the data array.
minimum	The minimum of the data array.

Exponential and logarithmic functions

exp	The exponential of the data, element-wise.
log	The logarithm of the data array.

Date-time operations

Attributes

day	The day of each date-time data array element.
datetime_array	An independent numpy array of date-time objects.
hour	The hour of each date-time data array element.
minute	The minute of each date-time data array element.
month	The month of each date-time data array element.
reference_datetime	The reference date-time of units of elapsed time.
second	The second of each date-time data array element.
year	The year of each date-time data array element.

Logic functions

Truth value testing

all	Test whether all data elements evaluate to True.
any	Test whether any data elements evaluate to True.

Comparison

allclose	Test whether all data are element-wise equal to other, broadcastable data.
equals	Whether two instances are the same.
equivalent	True if two constructs are equal, False otherwise.

Set operations

unique

The unique elements of the data.

NetCDF

Methods

nc_del_variable	Remove the netCDF variable name.
nc_get_variable	Return the netCDF variable name.
nc_has_variable	Whether the netCDF variable name has been set.
nc_set_variable	Set the netCDF variable name.

CFA

Methods

add_file_location	Add a new file location in-place.
cfa_clear_file_substitutions	Remove all of the CFA-netCDF file name substitutions.
cfa_del_file_substitution	Remove a CFA-netCDF file name substitution.
cfa_file_substitutions	Return the CFA-netCDF file name substitutions.
cfa_update_file_substitutions	Set CFA-netCDF file name substitutions.
del_file_location	Remove a file location in-place.
file_locations	The locations of files containing parts of the data.

Aliases

Methods

match

Alias for match_by_identity.

Attributes

dtarray

Alias for datetime_array.

Arithmetic and comparison operations

Arithmetic, bitwise and comparison operations are defined as element-wise operations on the data, which yield a new construct or, for augmented assignments, modify the construct’s data in-place.

Comparison operators

__lt__	The rich comparison operator <
__le__	The rich comparison operator <=
__eq__	The rich comparison operator ==
__ne__	The rich comparison operator !=
__gt__	The rich comparison operator >
__ge__	The rich comparison operator >=

Binary arithmetic operators

__add__	The binary arithmetic operation +
__sub__	The binary arithmetic operation -
__mul__	The binary arithmetic operation *
__div__	The binary arithmetic operation /
__truediv__	The binary arithmetic operation / (true division)
__floordiv__	The binary arithmetic operation //
__pow__	The binary arithmetic operations ** and pow
__mod__	The binary arithmetic operation %

Binary arithmetic operators with reflected (swapped) operands

__radd__	The binary arithmetic operation + with reflected operands.
__rsub__	The binary arithmetic operation - with reflected operands.
__rmul__	The binary arithmetic operation * with reflected operands.
__rdiv__	The binary arithmetic operation / with reflected operands.
__rtruediv__	The binary arithmetic operation / (true division) with reflected operands.
__rfloordiv__	The binary arithmetic operation // with reflected operands.
__rpow__	The binary arithmetic operations ** and pow with reflected operands.
__rmod__	The binary arithmetic operation % with reflected operands.

Augmented arithmetic assignments

__iadd__	The augmented arithmetic assignment +=
__isub__	The augmented arithmetic assignment -=
__imul__	The augmented arithmetic assignment *=
__idiv__	The augmented arithmetic assignment /=
__itruediv__	The augmented arithmetic assignment /= (true division)
__ifloordiv__	The augmented arithmetic assignment //=
__ipow__	The augmented arithmetic assignment **=
__imod__	The binary arithmetic operation %=

Unary arithmetic operators

__neg__	The unary arithmetic operation -
__pos__	The unary arithmetic operation +
__abs__	The unary arithmetic operation abs

Binary bitwise operators

__and__	The binary bitwise operation &
__or__	The binary bitwise operation |
__xor__	The binary bitwise operation ^
__lshift__	The binary bitwise operation <<
__rshift__	The binary bitwise operation >>

Binary bitwise operators with reflected (swapped) operands

__rand__	The binary bitwise operation & with reflected operands.
__ror__	The binary bitwise operation | with reflected operands.
__rxor__	The binary bitwise operation ^ with reflected operands.
__rlshift__	The binary bitwise operation << with reflected operands.
__rrshift__	The binary bitwise operation >> with reflected operands.

Augmented bitwise assignments

__iand__	The augmented bitwise assignment &=
__ior__	The augmented bitwise assignment |=
__ixor__	The augmented bitwise assignment ^=
__ilshift__	The augmented bitwise assignment <<=
__irshift__	The augmented bitwise assignment >>=

Unary bitwise operators

__invert__

The unary bitwise operation ~

Groups

Methods

nc_variable_groups	Return the netCDF variable group hierarchy.
nc_clear_variable_groups	Remove the netCDF variable group hierarchy.
nc_set_variable_groups	Set the netCDF variable group hierarchy.

Special

Methods

__contains__	Called to implement membership test operators.
__deepcopy__	Called by the copy.deepcopy function.
__getitem__	Return a subspace defined by indices.
__repr__	Called by the repr built-in function.
__setitem__	Called to implement assignment to x[indices]
__str__	Called by the str built-in function.
__array__	Returns a numpy array representation of the data.
__data__	Returns a new reference to the data.
__query_isclose__	Query interface method for an “is close” condition.

Deprecated

Methods

asdatetime	Deprecated at version 3.0.0.
asreftime	Deprecated at version 3.0.0.
attributes	Deprecated at version 3.0.0.
chunk	Partition the data array.
delprop	Deprecated at version 3.0.0, use method del_property instead.
dtvarray	Deprecated at version 3.0.0.
expand_dims	Deprecated at version 3.0.0, use insert_dimension method instead.
get_filenames	Return the name of the file or files containing the data.
getprop	Deprecated at version 3.0.0, use method get_property instead.
hasbounds	Deprecated at version 3.0.0, use has_bounds method instead.
hasdata	Deprecated at version 3.0.0, use has_data method instead.
hasprop	Deprecated at version 3.0.0, use method has_property instead.
insert_data	Deprecated at version 3.0.0, use set_data method instead.
isauxiliary	Deprecated at version 3.7.0, use construct_type attribute instead.
isdimension	Deprecated at version 3.7.0, use construct_type attribute instead.
isdomainancillary	Deprecated at version 3.7.0, use construct_type attribute instead.
isfieldancillary	Deprecated at version 3.7.0, use construct_type attribute instead.
ismeasure	Deprecated at version 3.7.0, use construct_type attribute instead.
mask_invalid	Mask the array where invalid values occur.
name	Deprecated at version 3.0.0, use method ‘identity’ instead.
remove_data	Deprecated at version 3.0.0, use method del_data instead.
select	Deprecated at version 3.0.0.
setprop	Deprecated at version 3.0.0, use method set_property instead.
unsafe_array	Deprecated at version 3.0.0, use array attribute instead.