cf.Data.source

Data.source(default=ValueError())[source]

Return the underlying array object.

Parameters:
default: optional

Return the value of the default parameter if the array has not been set.

If set to an Exception instance then it will be raised instead.

Returns:
subclass of Array

The underlying array object.

Examples

>>> f = cf.read('file.nc')[0]
>>> d = f.data
>>> d.source()
<CF NetCDF4Array(149, 182): file=file.nc variable=latitude>