pyremap.descriptor.PointCollectionDescriptor

class pyremap.descriptor.PointCollectionDescriptor(lats, lons, collectionName, units='degrees', outDimension='nPoints')

A class for describing a collection of points

Xylar Asay-Davis

04/19/2017

__init__(lats, lons, collectionName, units='degrees', outDimension='nPoints')

Constructor stores

Parameters

• lats (1D numpy arrays) – The latitude and longitude of each point

• lons (1D numpy arrays) – The latitude and longitude of each point

• collectionName (str) – A unique name for the collection of transects, used in the names of files containing data mapped to these points.

• units ({'degrees', 'radians'}, optional) – The units of lats and lons

• outDimension (str, optional) – The name of the dimension corresponding to the points (i.e. the “horizontal” dimension of the point collection)

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Methods

__init__(lats, lons, collectionName[, …])	Constructor stores
to_scrip(scripFileName)	Given an MPAS mesh file, create a SCRIP file based on the mesh.