helper method to set auxiliary coordinate variables as coords variables

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5/5
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25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
data

Research direction

Start at the ds.cf accessor entry point and review how xarray coordinate variables are propagated with DataArrays. Identify the intended auxiliary-variable attributes, including cell_measures, coordinates, and bounds, and resolve whether additional attributes belong in scope. Done means a settled function name and behavior for setting the relevant variables as coordinates.

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Description

It'd be nice to have ds.cf.set_aux_coords() that would set auxiliary variables such as those named in cell_measures, coordinates and bounds (possibly more?) as xarray coordinate variables so that they are carried around with the appropriate DataArrays.

There should be a better name for this function.

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