HiResIreland data fields

import os
import xarray as xr

DATA_DIR_BASE = os.path.join("data", "HiResIreland")

data = xr.open_dataset(
    os.path.join("data", "HiResIreland", "lfsd1981012712.nc"),
    decode_coords="all",
)

data

<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions:       (time: 1, bnds: 2, rlat: 209, rlon: 186, soil1: 8, level1: 41)
Coordinates:
  * time          (time) object 1981-01-27 12:00:00
    time_bnds     (time, bnds) object ...
    lon           (rlat, rlon) float32 ...
    lat           (rlat, rlon) float32 ...
  * rlon          (rlon) float32 -3.36 -3.325 -3.29 -3.255 ... 3.045 3.08 3.115
  * rlat          (rlat) float32 -3.695 -3.66 -3.625 -3.59 ... 3.515 3.55 3.585
    rotated_pole  int32 ...
    height_2m     float32 ...
    height_10m    float32 ...
  * soil1         (soil1) float32 0.005 0.02 0.06 0.18 0.54 1.62 4.86 14.58
    soil1_bnds    (soil1, bnds) float32 ...
Dimensions without coordinates: bnds, level1
Data variables: (12/43)
    vcoord        (level1) float32 ...
    PS            (time, rlat, rlon) float32 ...
    PMSL          (time, rlat, rlon) float32 ...
    T_S           (time, rlat, rlon) float32 ...
    T_2M          (time, rlat, rlon) float32 ...
    TD_2M         (time, rlat, rlon) float32 ...
    ...            ...
    CAPE_3KM      (time, rlat, rlon) float32 ...
    SLI           (time, rlat, rlon) float32 ...
    SI            (time, rlat, rlon) float32 ...
    T_SO          (time, soil1, rlat, rlon) float32 ...
    W_SO          (time, soil1, rlat, rlon) float32 ...
    HPBL          (time, rlat, rlon) float32 ...
Attributes:
    CDI:             Climate Data Interface version 1.9.5 (http://mpimet.mpg....
    history:         Fri Aug 06 15:26:25 2021: cdo -s -L -f nc4c -z zip_9 -co...
    Conventions:     CF-1.4
    title:           COSMO5_HadGEM2-ES_historical_4km
    experiment_id:   COSMO5_HadGEM2-ES_historical_4km
    realization:     1
    conventionsURL:  http://www.cfconventions.org/
    contact:         Paul Nolan
    references:      http://www.ichec.ie
    creation_date:   2017-08-28 16:49:11
    CDO:             Climate Data Operators version 1.9.5 (http://mpimet.mpg....

xarray.Dataset

• Dimensions:
  • time: 1
  • bnds: 2
  • rlat: 209
  • rlon: 186
  • soil1: 8
  • level1: 41
• Coordinates: (11)
  • time
    (time)
    object
    1981-01-27 12:00:00

    standard_name :

    time

    long_name :

    time

    axis :

    T

    array([cftime.Datetime360Day(1981, 1, 27, 12, 0, 0, 0, has_year_zero=True)],
          dtype=object)

  • time_bnds
    (time, bnds)
    object
    ...

    [2 values with dtype=object]

  • lon
    (rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    longitude

    long_name :

    longitude

    units :

    degrees_east

    _CoordinateAxisType :

    Lon

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • lat
    (rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    latitude

    long_name :

    latitude

    units :

    degrees_north

    _CoordinateAxisType :

    Lat

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • rlon
    (rlon)
    float32
    -3.36 -3.325 -3.29 ... 3.08 3.115

    standard_name :

    grid_longitude

    long_name :

    rotated longitude

    units :

    degrees

    axis :

    X

    array([-3.360000e+00, -3.325000e+00, -3.290000e+00, -3.255000e+00,
           -3.220000e+00, -3.185000e+00, -3.150000e+00, -3.115000e+00,
           -3.080000e+00, -3.045000e+00, -3.010000e+00, -2.975000e+00,
           -2.940000e+00, -2.905000e+00, -2.870000e+00, -2.835000e+00,
           -2.800000e+00, -2.765000e+00, -2.730000e+00, -2.695000e+00,
           -2.660000e+00, -2.625000e+00, -2.590000e+00, -2.555000e+00,
           -2.520000e+00, -2.485000e+00, -2.450000e+00, -2.415000e+00,
           -2.380000e+00, -2.345000e+00, -2.310000e+00, -2.275000e+00,
           -2.240000e+00, -2.205000e+00, -2.170000e+00, -2.135000e+00,
           -2.100000e+00, -2.065000e+00, -2.030000e+00, -1.995000e+00,
           -1.960000e+00, -1.925000e+00, -1.890000e+00, -1.855000e+00,
           -1.820000e+00, -1.785000e+00, -1.750000e+00, -1.715000e+00,
           -1.680000e+00, -1.645000e+00, -1.610000e+00, -1.575000e+00,
           -1.540000e+00, -1.505000e+00, -1.470000e+00, -1.435000e+00,
           -1.400000e+00, -1.365000e+00, -1.330000e+00, -1.295000e+00,
           -1.260000e+00, -1.225000e+00, -1.190000e+00, -1.155000e+00,
           -1.120000e+00, -1.085000e+00, -1.050000e+00, -1.015000e+00,
           -9.800000e-01, -9.450000e-01, -9.100000e-01, -8.750000e-01,
           -8.400000e-01, -8.050000e-01, -7.700000e-01, -7.350000e-01,
           -7.000000e-01, -6.650000e-01, -6.300000e-01, -5.950000e-01,
           -5.600000e-01, -5.250000e-01, -4.900000e-01, -4.550000e-01,
           -4.200000e-01, -3.850000e-01, -3.500000e-01, -3.150000e-01,
           -2.800000e-01, -2.450000e-01, -2.100000e-01, -1.750000e-01,
           -1.400000e-01, -1.050000e-01, -7.000000e-02, -3.500000e-02,
            4.440892e-16,  3.500000e-02,  7.000000e-02,  1.050000e-01,
            1.400000e-01,  1.750000e-01,  2.100000e-01,  2.450000e-01,
            2.800000e-01,  3.150000e-01,  3.500000e-01,  3.850000e-01,
            4.200000e-01,  4.550000e-01,  4.900000e-01,  5.250000e-01,
            5.600000e-01,  5.950000e-01,  6.300000e-01,  6.650000e-01,
            7.000000e-01,  7.350000e-01,  7.700000e-01,  8.050000e-01,
            8.400000e-01,  8.750000e-01,  9.100000e-01,  9.450000e-01,
            9.800000e-01,  1.015000e+00,  1.050000e+00,  1.085000e+00,
            1.120000e+00,  1.155000e+00,  1.190000e+00,  1.225000e+00,
            1.260000e+00,  1.295000e+00,  1.330000e+00,  1.365000e+00,
            1.400000e+00,  1.435000e+00,  1.470000e+00,  1.505000e+00,
            1.540000e+00,  1.575000e+00,  1.610000e+00,  1.645000e+00,
            1.680000e+00,  1.715000e+00,  1.750000e+00,  1.785000e+00,
            1.820000e+00,  1.855000e+00,  1.890000e+00,  1.925000e+00,
            1.960000e+00,  1.995000e+00,  2.030000e+00,  2.065000e+00,
            2.100000e+00,  2.135000e+00,  2.170000e+00,  2.205000e+00,
            2.240000e+00,  2.275000e+00,  2.310000e+00,  2.345000e+00,
            2.380000e+00,  2.415000e+00,  2.450000e+00,  2.485000e+00,
            2.520000e+00,  2.555000e+00,  2.590000e+00,  2.625000e+00,
            2.660000e+00,  2.695000e+00,  2.730000e+00,  2.765000e+00,
            2.800000e+00,  2.835000e+00,  2.870000e+00,  2.905000e+00,
            2.940000e+00,  2.975000e+00,  3.010000e+00,  3.045000e+00,
            3.080000e+00,  3.115000e+00], dtype=float32)

  • rlat
    (rlat)
    float32
    -3.695 -3.66 -3.625 ... 3.55 3.585

    standard_name :

    grid_latitude

    long_name :

    rotated latitude

    units :

    degrees

    axis :

    Y

    array([-3.695, -3.66 , -3.625, ...,  3.515,  3.55 ,  3.585], dtype=float32)

  • rotated_pole
    ()
    int32
    ...

    long_name :

    coordinates of the rotated North Pole

    grid_mapping_name :

    rotated_latitude_longitude

    grid_north_pole_latitude :

    36.6

    grid_north_pole_longitude :

    172.1

    [1 values with dtype=int32]

  • height_2m
    ()
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    height

    long_name :

    height above the surface

    units :

    m

    positive :

    up

    axis :

    Z

    [1 values with dtype=float32]

  • height_10m
    ()
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    height

    long_name :

    height above the surface

    units :

    m

    positive :

    up

    axis :

    Z

    [1 values with dtype=float32]

  • soil1
    (soil1)
    float32
    0.005 0.02 0.06 ... 1.62 4.86 14.58

    standard_name :

    depth

    long_name :

    depth of soil layers

    units :

    m

    positive :

    down

    axis :

    Z

    array([5.000e-03, 2.000e-02, 6.000e-02, 1.800e-01, 5.400e-01, 1.620e+00,
           4.860e+00, 1.458e+01], dtype=float32)

  • soil1_bnds
    (soil1, bnds)
    float32
    ...

    [16 values with dtype=float32]

• Data variables: (43)
  • vcoord
    (level1)
    float32
    ...

    long_name :

    Height-based hybrid Gal-Chen coordinate

    units :

    Pa

    ivctype :

    2

    irefatm :

    1

    p0sl :

    100000.0

    t0sl :

    288.1499938964844

    dt0lp :

    42.0

    vcflat :

    11430.0

    [41 values with dtype=float32]

  • PS
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    surface_air_pressure

    long_name :

    surface pressure

    units :

    Pa

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • PMSL
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    air_pressure_at_sea_level

    long_name :

    mean sea level pressure

    units :

    Pa

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • T_S
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    long_name :

    soil surface temperature

    units :

    K

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • T_2M
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    air_temperature

    long_name :

    2m temperature

    units :

    K

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • TD_2M
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    dew_point_temperature

    long_name :

    2m dew point temperature

    units :

    K

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • U_10M
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    grid_eastward_wind

    long_name :

    U-component of 10m wind

    units :

    m s-1

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • V_10M
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    grid_northward_wind

    long_name :

    V-component of 10m wind

    units :

    m s-1

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • VMAX_10M
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    wind_speed_of_gust

    long_name :

    maximum 10m wind speed

    units :

    m s-1

    cell_methods :

    time: maximum

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • QV_2M
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    specific_humidity

    long_name :

    2m specific humidity

    units :

    kg kg-1

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • RELHUM_2M
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    relative_humidity

    long_name :

    2m relative humidity

    units :

    %

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • H_SNOW
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    surface_snow_thickness

    long_name :

    thickness of snow

    units :

    m

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • HZEROCL
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    freezing_level_altitude

    long_name :

    height of freezing level

    units :

    m

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • Z0
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    surface_roughness_length

    long_name :

    surface roughness length

    units :

    m

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • TOT_PREC
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    precipitation_amount

    long_name :

    total precipitation amount

    units :

    kg m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: sum

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • RAIN_GSP
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    large_scale_rainfall_amount

    long_name :

    large scale rainfall

    units :

    kg m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: sum

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • RAIN_CON
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    convective_rainfall_amount

    long_name :

    convective rainfall

    units :

    kg m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: sum

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • SNOW_CON
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    convective_snowfall_amount

    long_name :

    convective snowfall

    units :

    kg m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: sum

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • SNOW_GSP
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    large_scale_snowfall_amount

    long_name :

    large scale snowfall

    units :

    kg m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: sum

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • GRAU_GSP
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    large_scale_graupel_amount

    long_name :

    large scale graupel

    units :

    kg m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: sum

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • RUNOFF_S
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    surface_runoff_amount

    long_name :

    surface runoff

    units :

    kg m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: sum

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • RUNOFF_G
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    subsurface_runoff_amount

    long_name :

    subsurface runoff

    units :

    kg m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: sum

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • CLCT
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    cloud_area_fraction

    long_name :

    total cloud cover

    units :

    1

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • SOBS_RAD
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    surface_net_downward_shortwave_flux

    long_name :

    surface net downward shortwave radiation

    units :

    W m-2

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • ASOB_S
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    surface_net_downward_shortwave_flux

    long_name :

    averaged surface net downward shortwave radiation

    units :

    W m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: mean

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • ATHB_S
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    surface_net_downward_longwave_flux

    long_name :

    averaged surface net downward longwave radiation

    units :

    W m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: mean

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • SWDIR_S
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    long_name :

    direct downward sw radiation at the surface

    units :

    W m-2

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • ASWDIR_S
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    long_name :

    averaged direct downward sw radiation at the surface

    units :

    W m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: mean

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • ASWDIFD_S
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    long_name :

    averaged diffuse downward sw radiation at the surface

    units :

    W m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: mean

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • ASWDIFU_S
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    long_name :

    averaged diffuse upwnward sw radiation at the surface

    units :

    W m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: mean

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • ALWD_S
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    long_name :

    averaged downward lw radiation at the surface

    units :

    W m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: mean

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • ALWU_S
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    long_name :

    averaged upward lw radiation at the surface

    units :

    W m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: mean

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • ALB_RAD
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    surface_albedo

    long_name :

    surface albedo

    units :

    1

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • ALHFL_S
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    surface_downward_latent_heat_flux

    long_name :

    averaged surface latent heat flux

    units :

    W m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: mean

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • ASHFL_S
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    surface_downward_sensible_heat_flux

    long_name :

    averaged surface sensible heat flux

    units :

    W m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: mean

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • AEVAP_S
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    water_evaporation_amount

    long_name :

    surface evaporation

    units :

    kg m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: sum

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • APAB_S
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    surface_downwelling_photosynthetic_radiative_flux_in_air

    long_name :

    averaged surface photosynthetic active radiation

    units :

    W m-2

    cell_methods :

    time: mean

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • CAPE_3KM
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    long_name :

    CAPE of mean layer parcel in the lowest 3 km

    units :

    J kg-1

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • SLI
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    long_name :

    surface lifted index

    units :

    K

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • SI
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    long_name :

    showalter index

    units :

    K

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

  • T_SO
    (time, soil1, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    soil_temperature

    long_name :

    soil temperature

    units :

    K

    cell_methods :

    soil1: mean

    [310992 values with dtype=float32]

  • W_SO
    (time, soil1, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    standard_name :

    lwe_thickness_of_moisture_content_of_soil_layer

    long_name :

    soil water content

    units :

    m

    cell_methods :

    soil1: mean

    [310992 values with dtype=float32]

  • HPBL
    (time, rlat, rlon)
    float32
    ...

    long_name :

    Height of boundary layer

    units :

    m

    [38874 values with dtype=float32]

• Indexes: (4)
  • time
    PandasIndex

    PandasIndex(CFTimeIndex([1981-01-27 12:00:00],
                dtype='object', length=1, calendar='360_day', freq=None))

  • rlon
    PandasIndex

    PandasIndex(Float64Index([ -3.359999895095825,  -3.325000047683716, -3.2899999618530273,
                   -3.255000114440918, -3.2200000286102295,  -3.184999942779541,
                  -3.1500000953674316,  -3.115000009536743, -3.0799999237060547,
                  -3.0450000762939453,
                  ...
                    2.799999952316284,  2.8350000381469727,   2.869999885559082,
                   2.9049999713897705,   2.940000057220459,  2.9749999046325684,
                    3.009999990463257,  3.0450000762939453,  3.0799999237060547,
                    3.115000009536743],
                 dtype='float64', name='rlon', length=186))

  • rlat
    PandasIndex

    PandasIndex(Float64Index([ -3.694999933242798, -3.6600000858306885,              -3.625,
                  -3.5899999141693115,  -3.555000066757202, -3.5199999809265137,
                   -3.484999895095825,  -3.450000047683716, -3.4149999618530273,
                   -3.380000114440918,
                  ...
                   3.2699999809265137,   3.305000066757202,  3.3399999141693115,
                                3.375,  3.4100000858306885,   3.444999933242798,
                   3.4800000190734863,   3.515000104904175,   3.549999952316284,
                   3.5850000381469727],
                 dtype='float64', name='rlat', length=209))

  • soil1
    PandasIndex

    PandasIndex(Float64Index([0.004999999888241291, 0.019999999552965164,  0.05999999865889549,
                   0.18000000715255737,   0.5400000214576721,   1.6200000047683716,
                     4.860000133514404,   14.579999923706055],
                 dtype='float64', name='soil1'))

• Attributes: (11)

  CDI :

  Climate Data Interface version 1.9.5 (http://mpimet.mpg.de/cdi)

  history :

  Fri Aug 06 15:26:25 2021: cdo -s -L -f nc4c -z zip_9 -copy lfsd1981012712.nc temp_lfsd1981012712.nc.nc

  Conventions :

  CF-1.4

  title :

  COSMO5_HadGEM2-ES_historical_4km

  experiment_id :

  COSMO5_HadGEM2-ES_historical_4km

  realization :

  1

  conventionsURL :

  http://www.cfconventions.org/

  contact :

  Paul Nolan

  references :

  http://www.ichec.ie

  creation_date :

  2017-08-28 16:49:11

  CDO :

  Climate Data Operators version 1.9.5 (http://mpimet.mpg.de/cdo)