# This software is open source software available under the BSD-3 license.
#
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# Copyright (c) 2022 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. All rights
# reserved.
# Copyright (c) 2022 UT-Battelle, LLC. All rights reserved.
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# distributed with this code, or at
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import os
import xarray
import numpy
import csv
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from geometric_features import FeatureCollection, read_feature_collection
from geometric_features.aggregation import get_aggregator_by_name
from mpas_analysis.shared.analysis_task import AnalysisTask
from mpas_analysis.shared.constants import constants
from mpas_analysis.shared.plot import timeseries_analysis_plot, savefig, \
add_inset
from mpas_analysis.shared.io import open_mpas_dataset, write_netcdf_with_fill
from mpas_analysis.shared.io.utility import build_config_full_path, \
make_directories, build_obs_path, decode_strings
from mpas_analysis.shared.html import write_image_xml
[docs]
class TimeSeriesAntarcticMelt(AnalysisTask):
"""
Performs analysis of the time-series output of Antarctic sub-ice-shelf
melt rates.
"""
# Authors
# -------
# Xylar Asay-Davis, Stephen Price
[docs]
def __init__(self, config, mpasTimeSeriesTask, regionMasksTask,
controlConfig=None):
"""
Construct the analysis task.
Parameters
----------
config : mpas_tools.config.MpasConfigParser
Configuration options
mpasTimeSeriesTask : ``MpasTimeSeriesTask``
The task that extracts the time series from MPAS monthly output
regionMasksTask : ``ComputeRegionMasks``
A task for computing region masks
controlConfig : mpas_tools.config.MpasConfigParser, optional
Configuration options for a control run (if any)
"""
# Authors
# -------
# Xylar Asay-Davis
# first, call the constructor from the base class (AnalysisTask)
super(TimeSeriesAntarcticMelt, self).__init__(
config=config,
taskName='timeSeriesAntarcticMelt',
componentName='ocean',
tags=['timeSeries', 'melt', 'landIceCavities', 'antarctic'])
regionGroup = 'Ice Shelves'
iceShelvesToPlot = config.getexpression('timeSeriesAntarcticMelt',
'iceShelvesToPlot')
if len(iceShelvesToPlot) == 0:
# nothing else to do
return
masksSubtask = regionMasksTask.add_mask_subtask(regionGroup=regionGroup)
self.iceShelfMasksFile = masksSubtask.geojsonFileName
iceShelvesToPlot = masksSubtask.expand_region_names(iceShelvesToPlot)
startYear = config.getint('timeSeries', 'startYear')
endYear = config.get('timeSeries', 'endYear')
if endYear == 'end':
# a valid end year wasn't found, so likely the run was not found,
# perhaps because we're just listing analysis tasks
endYear = startYear
else:
endYear = int(endYear)
years = list(range(startYear, endYear + 1))
# in the end, we'll combine all the time series into one, but we
# create this task first so it's easier to tell it to run after all
# the compute tasks
combineSubtask = CombineMeltSubtask(
self, startYears=years, endYears=years)
# run one subtask per year
for year in years:
computeSubtask = ComputeMeltSubtask(
self, startYear=year, endYear=year,
mpasTimeSeriesTask=mpasTimeSeriesTask,
masksSubtask=masksSubtask,
iceShelvesToPlot=iceShelvesToPlot)
self.add_subtask(computeSubtask)
computeSubtask.run_after(masksSubtask)
combineSubtask.run_after(computeSubtask)
self.add_subtask(combineSubtask)
for index, iceShelf in enumerate(iceShelvesToPlot):
plotMeltSubtask = PlotMeltSubtask(self, iceShelf, index,
controlConfig)
plotMeltSubtask.run_after(combineSubtask)
self.add_subtask(plotMeltSubtask)
class ComputeMeltSubtask(AnalysisTask):
"""
Computes time-series of Antarctic sub-ice-shelf melt rates.
Attributes
----------
mpasTimeSeriesTask : ``MpasTimeSeriesTask``
The task that extracts the time series from MPAS monthly output
masksSubtask : ``ComputeRegionMasksSubtask``
A task for creating mask files for each ice shelf to plot
iceShelvesToPlot : list of str
A list of ice shelves to plot
"""
# Authors
# -------
# Xylar Asay-Davis, Stephen Price
def __init__(self, parentTask, startYear, endYear, mpasTimeSeriesTask,
masksSubtask, iceShelvesToPlot):
"""
Construct the analysis task.
Parameters
----------
parentTask : TimeSeriesAntarcticMelt
The parent task, used to get the ``taskName``, ``config`` and
``componentName``
mpasTimeSeriesTask : ``MpasTimeSeriesTask``
The task that extracts the time series from MPAS monthly output
masksSubtask : ``ComputeRegionMasksSubtask``
A task for creating mask files for each ice shelf to plot
iceShelvesToPlot : list of str
A list of ice shelves to plot
"""
# Authors
# -------
# Xylar Asay-Davis
# first, call the constructor from the base class (AnalysisTask)
super(ComputeMeltSubtask, self).__init__(
config=parentTask.config,
taskName=parentTask.taskName,
componentName=parentTask.componentName,
tags=parentTask.tags,
subtaskName=f'computeMeltRates_{startYear:04d}-{endYear:04d}')
self.mpasTimeSeriesTask = mpasTimeSeriesTask
self.run_after(mpasTimeSeriesTask)
self.masksSubtask = masksSubtask
self.run_after(masksSubtask)
self.iceShelvesToPlot = iceShelvesToPlot
self.restartFileName = None
self.startYear = startYear
self.endYear = endYear
self.startDate = f'{self.startYear:04d}-01-01_00:00:00'
self.endDate = f'{self.endYear:04d}-12-31_23:59:59'
self.variableList = \
['timeMonthly_avg_landIceFreshwaterFlux']
def setup_and_check(self):
"""
Perform steps to set up the analysis and check for errors in the setup.
Raises
------
IOError
If a restart file is not present
ValueError
If ``config_land_ice_flux_mode`` is not one of ``standalone`` or
``coupled``
"""
# Authors
# -------
# Xylar Asay-Davis
# first, call setup_and_check from the base class (AnalysisTask),
# which will perform some common setup, including storing:
# self.inDirectory, self.plotsDirectory, self.namelist, self.streams
# self.calendar
super(ComputeMeltSubtask, self).setup_and_check()
self.check_analysis_enabled(
analysisOptionName='config_am_timeseriesstatsmonthly_enable',
raiseException=True)
landIceFluxMode = self.namelist.get('config_land_ice_flux_mode')
if landIceFluxMode not in ['data', 'standalone', 'coupled']:
raise ValueError('*** timeSeriesAntarcticMelt requires '
'config_land_ice_flux_mode \n'
' to be data, standalone or coupled. '
' Otherwise, no melt rates are available \n'
' for plotting.')
# Load mesh related variables
try:
self.restartFileName = self.runStreams.readpath('restart')[0]
except ValueError:
raise IOError('No MPAS-O restart file found: need at least one '
'restart file for Antarctic melt calculations')
self.mpasTimeSeriesTask.add_variables(variableList=self.variableList)
return
def run_task(self):
"""
Computes time-series of Antarctic sub-ice-shelf melt rates.
"""
# Authors
# -------
# Xylar Asay-Davis, Stephen Price
self.logger.info("Computing Antarctic melt rate time series...")
mpasTimeSeriesTask = self.mpasTimeSeriesTask
config = self.config
timeSeriesBase = build_config_full_path(config, 'output',
'timeseriesSubdirectory')
outputDirectory = f'{timeSeriesBase}/iceShelfFluxes/'
try:
os.makedirs(outputDirectory)
except OSError:
pass
outFileName = f'{outputDirectory}/iceShelfFluxes_' \
f'{self.startYear:04d}-{self.endYear:04d}.nc'
# Load data:
inputFile = mpasTimeSeriesTask.outputFile
dsIn = open_mpas_dataset(fileName=inputFile,
calendar=self.calendar,
variableList=self.variableList,
startDate=self.startDate,
endDate=self.endDate)
try:
if os.path.exists(outFileName):
# The file already exists so load it
dsOut = xarray.open_dataset(outFileName)
if numpy.all(dsOut.Time.values == dsIn.Time.values):
return
else:
self.logger.warning(f'File {outFileName} is incomplete. '
f'Deleting it.')
os.remove(outFileName)
except OSError:
# something is potentially wrong with the file, so let's delete
# it and try again
self.logger.warning(f'Problems reading file {outFileName}. '
f'Deleting it.')
os.remove(outFileName)
restartFileName = \
mpasTimeSeriesTask.runStreams.readpath('restart')[0]
dsRestart = xarray.open_dataset(restartFileName)
landIceFraction = dsRestart.landIceFraction.isel(Time=0)
areaCell = dsRestart.areaCell
regionMaskFileName = self.masksSubtask.maskFileName
dsRegionMask = xarray.open_dataset(regionMaskFileName)
# figure out the indices of the regions to plot
regionNames = decode_strings(dsRegionMask.regionNames)
regionIndices = []
for iceShelf in self.iceShelvesToPlot:
for index, regionName in enumerate(regionNames):
if iceShelf == regionName:
regionIndices.append(index)
break
# select only those regions we want to plot
dsRegionMask = dsRegionMask.isel(nRegions=regionIndices)
regionNames = decode_strings(dsRegionMask.regionNames)
datasets = []
nTime = dsIn.sizes['Time']
for tIndex in range(nTime):
self.logger.info(f' {tIndex + 1}/{nTime}')
freshwaterFlux = \
dsIn.timeMonthly_avg_landIceFreshwaterFlux.isel(Time=tIndex)
nRegions = dsRegionMask.sizes['nRegions']
meltRates = numpy.zeros((nRegions,))
totalMeltFluxes = numpy.zeros((nRegions,))
for regionIndex in range(nRegions):
self.logger.info(f' {regionNames[regionIndex]}')
cellMask = \
dsRegionMask.regionCellMasks.isel(nRegions=regionIndex)
# convert from kg/s to kg/yr
totalMeltFlux = constants.sec_per_year * \
(cellMask * areaCell * freshwaterFlux).sum(dim='nCells')
totalArea = \
(landIceFraction * cellMask * areaCell).sum(dim='nCells')
# from kg/m^2/yr to m/yr
meltRates[regionIndex] = ((1. / constants.rho_fw) *
(totalMeltFlux / totalArea))
# convert from kg/yr to GT/yr
totalMeltFlux /= constants.kg_per_GT
totalMeltFluxes[regionIndex] = totalMeltFlux
dsOut = xarray.Dataset()
dsOut.coords['Time'] = dsIn.Time.isel(Time=tIndex)
dsOut['totalMeltFlux'] = (('nRegions',), totalMeltFluxes)
dsOut['meltRates'] = (('nRegions',), meltRates)
datasets.append(dsOut)
dsOut = xarray.concat(objs=datasets, dim='Time')
dsOut['regionNames'] = dsRegionMask.regionNames
dsOut.totalMeltFlux.attrs['units'] = 'GT a$^{-1}$'
dsOut.totalMeltFlux.attrs['description'] = \
'Total melt flux summed over each ice shelf or region'
dsOut.meltRates.attrs['units'] = 'm a$^{-1}$'
dsOut.meltRates.attrs['description'] = \
'Melt rate averaged over each ice shelf or region'
write_netcdf_with_fill(dsOut, outFileName)
class CombineMeltSubtask(AnalysisTask):
"""
Combine individual time series into a single data set
"""
# Authors
# -------
# Xylar Asay-Davis
def __init__(self, parentTask, startYears, endYears):
"""
Construct the analysis task.
Parameters
----------
parentTask : TimeSeriesAntarcticMelt
The main task of which this is a subtask
startYears, endYears : list
The beginning and end of each time series to combine
"""
# Authors
# -------
# Xylar Asay-Davis
subtaskName = 'combineAntarcticMeltTimeSeries'
# first, call the constructor from the base class (AnalysisTask)
super(CombineMeltSubtask, self).__init__(
config=parentTask.config,
taskName=parentTask.taskName,
componentName=parentTask.componentName,
tags=parentTask.tags,
subtaskName=subtaskName)
self.startYears = startYears
self.endYears = endYears
def run_task(self):
"""
Combine the time series
"""
# Authors
# -------
# Xylar Asay-Davis
timeSeriesBase = build_config_full_path(self.config, 'output',
'timeseriesSubdirectory')
outputDirectory = f'{timeSeriesBase}/iceShelfFluxes/'
outFileName = f'{outputDirectory}/iceShelfFluxes_' \
f'{self.startYears[0]:04d}-{self.endYears[-1]:04d}.nc'
if not os.path.exists(outFileName):
inFileNames = []
for startYear, endYear in zip(self.startYears, self.endYears):
inFileName = f'{outputDirectory}/iceShelfFluxes_' \
f'{startYear:04d}-{endYear:04d}.nc'
inFileNames.append(inFileName)
ds = xarray.open_mfdataset(inFileNames, combine='nested',
concat_dim='Time', decode_times=False)
ds.load()
write_netcdf_with_fill(ds, outFileName)
class PlotMeltSubtask(AnalysisTask):
"""
Plots time-series output of Antarctic sub-ice-shelf melt rates.
Attributes
----------
iceShelf : str
Name of the ice shelf to plot
regionIndex : int
The index into the dimension ``nRegions`` of the ice shelf to plot
controlConfig : mpas_tools.config.MpasConfigParser
The configuration options for the control run (if any)
"""
# Authors
# -------
# Xylar Asay-Davis, Stephen Price
def __init__(self, parentTask, iceShelf, regionIndex, controlConfig):
"""
Construct the analysis task.
Parameters
----------
parentTask : TimeSeriesAntarcticMelt
The parent task, used to get the ``taskName``, ``config`` and
``componentName``
iceShelf : str
Name of the ice shelf to plot
regionIndex : int
The index into the dimension ``nRegions`` of the ice shelf to plot
controlConfig : mpas_tools.config.MpasConfigParser, optional
Configuration options for a control run (if any)
"""
# Authors
# -------
# Xylar Asay-Davis
# first, call the constructor from the base class (AnalysisTask)
super(PlotMeltSubtask, self).__init__(
config=parentTask.config,
taskName=parentTask.taskName,
componentName=parentTask.componentName,
tags=parentTask.tags,
subtaskName=f'plotMeltRates_{iceShelf.replace(" ", "_")}')
self.iceShelfMasksFile = parentTask.iceShelfMasksFile
self.iceShelf = iceShelf
self.regionIndex = regionIndex
self.controlConfig = controlConfig
def setup_and_check(self):
"""
Perform steps to set up the analysis and check for errors in the setup.
Raises
------
IOError
If files are not present
"""
# Authors
# -------
# Xylar Asay-Davis
# first, call setup_and_check from the base class (AnalysisTask),
# which will perform some common setup, including storing:
# self.inDirectory, self.plotsDirectory, self.namelist, self.streams
# self.calendar
super(PlotMeltSubtask, self).setup_and_check()
self.xmlFileNames = []
for prefix in ['melt_flux', 'melt_rate']:
iceShelfSuffix = self.iceShelf.replace(" ", "_")
self.xmlFileNames.append(
f'{self.plotsDirectory}/{prefix}_{iceShelfSuffix}.xml')
return
def run_task(self):
"""
Plots time-series output of Antarctic sub-ice-shelf melt rates.
"""
# Authors
# -------
# Xylar Asay-Davis, Stephen Price
self.logger.info(f'\nPlotting Antarctic melt rate time series for '
f'{self.iceShelf}...')
self.logger.info(' Load melt rate data...')
config = self.config
calendar = self.calendar
iceShelfMasksFile = self.iceShelfMasksFile
fcAll = read_feature_collection(iceShelfMasksFile)
fc = FeatureCollection()
for feature in fcAll.features:
if feature['properties']['name'] == self.iceShelf:
fc.add_feature(feature)
break
totalMeltFlux, meltRates = self._load_ice_shelf_fluxes(config)
plotControl = self.controlConfig is not None
if plotControl:
controlRunName = self.controlConfig.get('runs', 'mainRunName')
refTotalMeltFlux, refMeltRates = \
self._load_ice_shelf_fluxes(self.controlConfig)
else:
controlRunName = None
refTotalMeltFlux = None
refMeltRates = None
# Load observations from multiple files and put in dictionary based
# on shelf key name
observationsDirectory = build_obs_path(config, 'ocean',
'meltSubdirectory')
obsFileNameDict = {'Rignot et al. (2013)':
'Rignot_2013_melt_rates_20201117.csv',
'Rignot et al. (2013) SS':
'Rignot_2013_melt_rates_SS_20201117.csv'}
obsDict = {} # dict for storing dict of obs data
for obsName in obsFileNameDict:
obsFileName = f'{observationsDirectory}/{obsFileNameDict[obsName]}'
obsDict[obsName] = {}
obsFile = csv.reader(open(obsFileName, 'r'))
next(obsFile, None) # skip the header line
for line in obsFile: # some later useful values commented out
shelfName = line[0]
if shelfName != self.iceShelf:
continue
# surveyArea = line[1]
meltFlux = float(line[2])
meltFluxUncertainty = float(line[3])
meltRate = float(line[4])
meltRateUncertainty = float(line[5])
# actualArea = float( line[6] ) # actual area here is in sq km
# build dict of obs. keyed to filename description
# (which will be used for plotting)
obsDict[obsName] = {
'meltFlux': meltFlux,
'meltFluxUncertainty': meltFluxUncertainty,
'meltRate': meltRate,
'meltRateUncertainty': meltRateUncertainty}
break
regionGroup = 'Ice Shelves'
_, prefix, date = get_aggregator_by_name(regionGroup)
obsFileName = f'{observationsDirectory}/Adusumilli/Adusumilli_2020_' \
f'iceshelf_melt_rates_2010-2018_v0.20230504.' \
f'{prefix}{date}.nc'
with xarray.open_dataset(obsFileName) as ds_adusumilli:
region_names = [name.values for name in ds_adusumilli.regionNames]
index = region_names.index(self.iceShelf)
ds_shelf = ds_adusumilli.isel(nRegions=index)
obsDict['Adusumilli et al. (2020)'] = {
'meltFlux': ds_shelf.totalMeltFlux.values,
'meltFluxUncertainty': ds_shelf.meltFluxUncertainty.values,
'meltRate': ds_shelf.meanMeltRate.values,
'meltRateUncertainty': ds_shelf.meltRateUncertainty.values}
mainRunName = config.get('runs', 'mainRunName')
movingAveragePoints = config.getint('timeSeriesAntarcticMelt',
'movingAveragePoints')
outputDirectory = build_config_full_path(config, 'output',
'timeseriesSubdirectory')
make_directories(outputDirectory)
self.logger.info(' Make plots...')
# get obs melt flux and unc. for shelf (similar for rates)
obsMeltFlux = []
obsMeltFluxUnc = []
obsMeltRate = []
obsMeltRateUnc = []
for obsName in obsDict:
if len(obsDict[obsName]) > 0:
obsMeltFlux.append(
obsDict[obsName]['meltFlux'])
obsMeltFluxUnc.append(
obsDict[obsName]['meltFluxUncertainty'])
obsMeltRate.append(
obsDict[obsName]['meltRate'])
obsMeltRateUnc.append(
obsDict[obsName]['meltRateUncertainty'])
else:
# append NaN so this particular obs won't plot
self.logger.warning(f'{obsName} observations not available '
f'for {self.iceShelf}')
obsMeltFlux.append(None)
obsMeltFluxUnc.append(None)
obsMeltRate.append(None)
obsMeltRateUnc.append(None)
title = self.iceShelf.replace('_', ' ')
suffix = self.iceShelf.replace(' ', '_')
xLabel = 'Time (yr)'
yLabel = 'Melt Flux (GT/yr)'
timeSeries = totalMeltFlux.isel(nRegions=self.regionIndex)
filePrefix = f'melt_flux_{suffix}'
outFileName = f'{self.plotsDirectory}/{filePrefix}.png'
fields = [timeSeries]
lineColors = [config.get('timeSeries', 'mainColor')]
lineWidths = [2.5]
legendText = [mainRunName]
if plotControl:
fields.append(refTotalMeltFlux.isel(nRegions=self.regionIndex))
lineColors.append(config.get('timeSeries', 'controlColor'))
lineWidths.append(1.2)
legendText.append(controlRunName)
if config.has_option('timeSeriesAntarcticMelt', 'firstYearXTicks'):
firstYearXTicks = config.getint('timeSeriesAntarcticMelt',
'firstYearXTicks')
else:
firstYearXTicks = None
if config.has_option('timeSeriesAntarcticMelt', 'yearStrideXTicks'):
yearStrideXTicks = config.getint('timeSeriesAntarcticMelt',
'yearStrideXTicks')
else:
yearStrideXTicks = None
if config.has_option('timeSeriesAntarcticMelt', 'titleFontSize'):
titleFontSize = config.getint('timeSeriesAntarcticMelt',
'titleFontSize')
else:
titleFontSize = None
if config.has_option('timeSeriesAntarcticMelt', 'defaultFontSize'):
defaultFontSize = config.getint('timeSeriesAntarcticMelt',
'defaultFontSize')
else:
defaultFontSize = None
fig = timeseries_analysis_plot(config, fields, calendar=calendar,
title=title, xlabel=xLabel,
ylabel=yLabel,
movingAveragePoints=movingAveragePoints,
lineColors=lineColors,
lineWidths=lineWidths,
legendText=legendText,
legendLocation='upper left',
titleFontSize=titleFontSize,
defaultFontSize=defaultFontSize,
obsMean=obsMeltFlux,
obsUncertainty=obsMeltFluxUnc,
obsLegend=list(obsDict.keys()),
firstYearXTicks=firstYearXTicks,
yearStrideXTicks=yearStrideXTicks)
# do this before the inset because otherwise it moves the inset
# and cartopy doesn't play too well with tight_layout anyway
plt.tight_layout()
add_inset(fig, fc, width=2.0, height=2.0)
savefig(outFileName, config)
caption = f'Running Mean of Total Melt Flux under Ice Shelves in ' \
f'the {title} Region'
write_image_xml(
config=config,
filePrefix=filePrefix,
componentName='Ocean',
componentSubdirectory='ocean',
galleryGroup='Antarctic Melt Time Series',
groupLink='antmelttime',
gallery='Total Melt Flux',
thumbnailDescription=title,
imageDescription=caption,
imageCaption=caption)
xLabel = 'Time (yr)'
yLabel = 'Melt Rate (m/yr)'
timeSeries = meltRates.isel(nRegions=self.regionIndex)
filePrefix = f'melt_rate_{suffix}'
outFileName = f'{self.plotsDirectory}/{filePrefix}.png'
fields = [timeSeries]
lineColors = [config.get('timeSeries', 'mainColor')]
lineWidths = [2.5]
legendText = [mainRunName]
if plotControl:
fields.append(refMeltRates.isel(nRegions=self.regionIndex))
lineColors.append(config.get('timeSeries', 'controlColor'))
lineWidths.append(1.2)
legendText.append(controlRunName)
if config.has_option(self.taskName, 'firstYearXTicks'):
firstYearXTicks = config.getint(self.taskName,
'firstYearXTicks')
else:
firstYearXTicks = None
if config.has_option(self.taskName, 'yearStrideXTicks'):
yearStrideXTicks = config.getint(self.taskName,
'yearStrideXTicks')
else:
yearStrideXTicks = None
fig = timeseries_analysis_plot(config, fields, calendar=calendar,
title=title, xlabel=xLabel,
ylabel=yLabel,
movingAveragePoints=movingAveragePoints,
lineColors=lineColors,
lineWidths=lineWidths,
legendText=legendText,
firstYearXTicks=firstYearXTicks,
yearStrideXTicks=yearStrideXTicks,
obsMean=obsMeltRate,
obsUncertainty=obsMeltRateUnc,
obsLegend=list(obsDict.keys()))
# do this before the inset because otherwise it moves the inset
# and cartopy doesn't play too well with tight_layout anyway
plt.tight_layout()
add_inset(fig, fc, width=2.0, height=2.0)
savefig(outFileName, config)
caption = f'Running Mean of Area-averaged Melt Rate under Ice ' \
f'Shelves in the {title} Region'
write_image_xml(
config=config,
filePrefix=filePrefix,
componentName='Ocean',
componentSubdirectory='ocean',
galleryGroup='Antarctic Melt Time Series',
groupLink='antmelttime',
gallery='Area-averaged Melt Rate',
thumbnailDescription=title,
imageDescription=caption,
imageCaption=caption)
@staticmethod
def _load_ice_shelf_fluxes(config):
"""
Reads melt flux time series and computes regional total melt flux and
mean melt rate.
"""
# Authors
# -------
# Xylar Asay-Davis
timeSeriesBase = build_config_full_path(config, 'output',
'timeseriesSubdirectory')
outputDirectory = f'{timeSeriesBase}/iceShelfFluxes/'
startYear = config.getint('timeSeries', 'startYear')
endYear = config.getint('timeSeries', 'endYear')
outFileName = f'{outputDirectory}/iceShelfFluxes_' \
f'{startYear:04d}-{endYear:04d}.nc'
dsOut = xarray.open_dataset(outFileName)
return dsOut.totalMeltFlux, dsOut.meltRates