pyremap.descriptor.PointCollectionDescriptor¶
- class pyremap.descriptor.PointCollectionDescriptor(lats, lons, collectionName, units='degrees', outDimension='nPoints')[source]¶
A class for describing a collection of points
- Variables:
lat (numpy.ndarray) – The latitude of each point
lon (numpy.ndarray) – The longitude of each point
units ({'degrees', 'radians'}) – The units of
lats
andlons
- __init__(lats, lons, collectionName, units='degrees', outDimension='nPoints')[source]¶
Constructor stores
- Parameters:
lats (numpy.ndarray) – The latitude of each point
lons (numpy.ndarray) – The 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
andlons
outDimension (str, optional) – The name of the dimension corresponding to the points (i.e. the “horizontal” dimension of the point collection)
Methods
__init__
(lats, lons, collectionName[, ...])Constructor stores
to_esmf
(esmfFileName)Create an ESMF mesh file for the mesh
to_scrip
(scripFileName)Given an MPAS mesh file, create a SCRIP file based on the mesh.