xarray-contrib / xarray-contrib/cf-xarray
ancillary variables
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 181
- Forks
- 49
- Avg merge
- 43m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 1
Description
From https://github.com/pangeo-data/pangeo/issues/771
Another useful place for a simple helper. Something like
ds.cf.ancillary_variables(varname)could return an iterable of linked ancillary variables in the dataset.
Contributor guide
No contributing guide indexed for this repository
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the proposed ds.cf.ancillary_variables(varname) accessor entry point and read the CF ancillary-variable convention referenced by the issue. Trace how linked variables are represented in the dataset, then add coverage showing that the helper returns the expected iterable of linked ancillary variables.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100