# iris.analysis¶

A package providing iris.cube.Cube analysis support.

This module defines a suite of Aggregator instances, which are used to specify the statistical measure to calculate over a Cube, using methods such as aggregated_by() and collapsed().

The Aggregator is a convenience class that allows specific statistical aggregation operators to be defined and instantiated. These operators can then be used to collapse, or partially collapse, one or more dimensions of a Cube, as discussed in Cube statistics.

In particular, Collapsing entire data dimensions discusses how to use MEAN to average over one dimension of a Cube, and also how to perform weighted Area averaging. While Partially reducing data dimensions shows how to aggregate similar groups of data points along a single dimension, to result in fewer points in that dimension.

The gallery contains several interesting worked examples of how an Aggregator may be used, including:

In this module:

iris.analysis.COUNT → Aggregator instance.

An Aggregator instance that counts the number of Cube data occurrences that satisfy a particular criterion, as defined by a user supplied function.

Required kwargs associated with the use of this aggregator:

• function (callable):
A function which converts an array of data values into a corresponding array of True/False values.

For example:

To compute the number of ensemble members with precipitation exceeding 10 (in cube data units) could be calculated with:

result = precip_cube.collapsed('ensemble_member', iris.analysis.COUNT,
function=lambda values: values > 10)


The PROPORTION() aggregator.

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iris.analysis.GMEAN → Aggregator instance.

An Aggregator instance that calculates the geometric mean over a Cube, as computed by scipy.stats.mstats.gmean().

For example:

To compute zonal geometric means over the longitude axis of a cube:

result = cube.collapsed('longitude', iris.analysis.GMEAN)


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iris.analysis.HMEAN → Aggregator instance.

An Aggregator instance that calculates the harmonic mean over a Cube, as computed by scipy.stats.mstats.hmean().

For example:

To compute zonal harmonic mean over the longitude axis of a cube:

result = cube.collapsed('longitude', iris.analysis.HMEAN)


Note

The harmonic mean is only valid if all data values are greater than zero.

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iris.analysis.MAX → Aggregator instance.

An Aggregator instance that calculates the maximum over a Cube, as computed by numpy.ma.max().

For example:

To compute zonal maximums over the longitude axis of a cube:

result = cube.collapsed('longitude', iris.analysis.MAX)


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iris.analysis.MEAN → WeightedAggregator instance.

An Aggregator instance that calculates the mean over a Cube, as computed by numpy.ma.average().

Additional kwargs associated with the use of this aggregator:

• mdtol (float):
Tolerance of missing data. The value returned in each element of the returned array will be masked if the fraction of masked data contributing to that element exceeds mdtol. This fraction is calculated based on the number of masked elements. mdtol=0 means no missing data is tolerated while mdtol=1 means the resulting element will be masked if and only if all the contributing elements are masked. Defaults to 1.
• weights (float ndarray):
Weights matching the shape of the cube or the length of the window for rolling window operations. Note that, latitude/longitude area weights can be calculated using iris.analysis.cartography.area_weights().
• returned (boolean):
Set this to True to indicate that the collapsed weights are to be returned along with the collapsed data. Defaults to False.

For example:

To compute zonal means over the longitude axis of a cube:

result = cube.collapsed('longitude', iris.analysis.MEAN)


To compute a weighted area average:

coords = ('longitude', 'latitude')
collapsed_cube, collapsed_weights = cube.collapsed(coords,
iris.analysis.MEAN,
weights=weights,
returned=True)


Note

Lazy operation is supported, via dask.array.nanmean().

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iris.analysis.MEDIAN → Aggregator instance.

An Aggregator instance that calculates the median over a Cube, as computed by numpy.ma.median().

For example:

To compute zonal medians over the longitude axis of a cube:

result = cube.collapsed('longitude', iris.analysis.MEDIAN)


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iris.analysis.MIN → Aggregator instance.

An Aggregator instance that calculates the minimum over a Cube, as computed by numpy.ma.min().

For example:

To compute zonal minimums over the longitude axis of a cube:

result = cube.collapsed('longitude', iris.analysis.MIN)


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iris.analysis.PEAK → Aggregator instance.

An Aggregator instance that calculates the peak value derived from a spline interpolation over a Cube.

The peak calculation takes into account nan values. Therefore, if the number of non-nan values is zero the result itself will be an array of nan values.

The peak calculation also takes into account masked values. Therefore, if the number of non-masked values is zero the result itself will be a masked array.

If multiple coordinates are specified, then the peak calculations are performed individually, in sequence, for each coordinate specified.

For example:

To compute the peak over the time axis of a cube:

result = cube.collapsed('time', iris.analysis.PEAK)


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iris.analysis.PERCENTILE

An PercentileAggregator instance that calculates the percentile over a Cube, as computed by scipy.stats.mstats.mquantiles().

Required kwargs associated with the use of this aggregator:

• percent (float or sequence of floats):
Percentile rank/s at which to extract value/s.

Additional kwargs associated with the use of this aggregator:

For example:

To compute the 10th and 90th percentile over time:

result = cube.collapsed('time', iris.analysis.PERCENTILE, percent=[10, 90])


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iris.analysis.PROPORTION → Aggregator instance.

An Aggregator instance that calculates the proportion, as a fraction, of Cube data occurrences that satisfy a particular criterion, as defined by a user supplied function.

Required kwargs associated with the use of this aggregator:

• function (callable):
A function which converts an array of data values into a corresponding array of True/False values.

For example:

To compute the probability of precipitation exceeding 10 (in cube data units) across ensemble members could be calculated with:

result = precip_cube.collapsed('ensemble_member', iris.analysis.PROPORTION,
function=lambda values: values > 10)


Similarly, the proportion of time precipitation exceeded 10 (in cube data units) could be calculated with:

result = precip_cube.collapsed('time', iris.analysis.PROPORTION,
function=lambda values: values > 10)


The COUNT() aggregator.

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iris.analysis.RMS → WeightedAggregator instance.

An Aggregator instance that calculates the root mean square over a Cube, as computed by ((x0**2 + x1**2 + … + xN-1**2) / N) ** 0.5.

Additional kwargs associated with the use of this aggregator:

• weights (float ndarray):
Weights matching the shape of the cube or the length of the window for rolling window operations. The weights are applied to the squares when taking the mean.

For example:

To compute the zonal root mean square over the longitude axis of a cube:

result = cube.collapsed('longitude', iris.analysis.RMS)


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iris.analysis.STD_DEV → Aggregator instance.

An Aggregator instance that calculates the standard deviation over a Cube, as computed by numpy.ma.std().

Additional kwargs associated with the use of this aggregator:

• ddof (integer):
Delta degrees of freedom. The divisor used in calculations is N - ddof, where N represents the number of elements. Defaults to 1.

For example:

To compute zonal standard deviations over the longitude axis of a cube:

result = cube.collapsed('longitude', iris.analysis.STD_DEV)


To obtain the biased standard deviation:

result = cube.collapsed('longitude', iris.analysis.STD_DEV, ddof=0)


Note

Lazy operation is supported, via dask.array.nanstd().

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iris.analysis.SUM → WeightedAggregator instance.

An Aggregator instance that calculates the sum over a Cube, as computed by numpy.ma.sum().

Additional kwargs associated with the use of this aggregator:

• weights (float ndarray):
Weights matching the shape of the cube, or the length of the window for rolling window operations. Weights should be normalized before using them with this aggregator if scaling is not intended.
• returned (boolean):
Set this to True to indicate the collapsed weights are to be returned along with the collapsed data. Defaults to False.

For example:

To compute an accumulation over the time axis of a cube:

result = cube.collapsed('time', iris.analysis.SUM)


To compute a weighted rolling sum e.g. to apply a digital filter:

weights = np.array([.1, .2, .4, .2, .1])
result = cube.rolling_window('time', iris.analysis.SUM,
len(weights), weights=weights)


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iris.analysis.VARIANCE → Aggregator instance.

An Aggregator instance that calculates the variance over a Cube, as computed by numpy.ma.var().

Additional kwargs associated with the use of this aggregator:

• ddof (integer):
Delta degrees of freedom. The divisor used in calculations is N - ddof, where N represents the number of elements. Defaults to 1.

For example:

To compute zonal variance over the longitude axis of a cube:

result = cube.collapsed('longitude', iris.analysis.VARIANCE)


To obtain the biased variance:

result = cube.collapsed('longitude', iris.analysis.VARIANCE, ddof=0)


Note

Lazy operation is supported, via dask.array.nanvar().

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iris.analysis.WPERCENTILE

An WeightedPercentileAggregator instance that calculates the weighted percentile over a Cube.

Required kwargs associated with the use of this aggregator:

• percent (float or sequence of floats):
Percentile rank/s at which to extract value/s.
• weights (float ndarray):
Weights matching the shape of the cube or the length of the window for rolling window operations. Note that, latitude/longitude area weights can be calculated using iris.analysis.cartography.area_weights().

Additional kwargs associated with the use of this aggregator:

• returned (boolean):
Set this to True to indicate that the collapsed weights are to be returned along with the collapsed data. Defaults to False.
• kind (string or int):
Specifies the kind of interpolation used, see scipy.interpolate.interp1d() Defaults to “linear”, which is equivalent to alphap=0.5, betap=0.5 in iris.analysis.PERCENTILE

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iris.analysis.coord_comparison(*cubes)

Convenience function to help compare coordinates on one or more cubes by their metadata.

Return a dictionary where the key represents the statement, “Given these cubes list the coordinates which, when grouped by metadata, are/have…”

Keys:

• grouped_coords
A list of coordinate groups of all the coordinates grouped together by their coordinate definition
• ungroupable
A list of coordinate groups which contain at least one None, meaning not all Cubes provide an equivalent coordinate
• not_equal
A list of coordinate groups of which not all are equal (superset of ungroupable)
• no_data_dimension
A list of coordinate groups of which all have no data dimensions on their respective cubes
• scalar
A list of coordinate groups of which all have shape (1, )
• non_equal_data_dimension
A list of coordinate groups of which not all have the same data dimension on their respective cubes
• non_equal_shape
A list of coordinate groups of which not all have the same shape
• equal_data_dimension
A list of coordinate groups of which all have the same data dimension on their respective cubes
• equal
A list of coordinate groups of which all are equal
• ungroupable_and_dimensioned
A list of coordinate groups of which not all cubes had an equivalent (in metadata) coordinate which also describe a data dimension
• dimensioned
A list of coordinate groups of which all describe a data dimension on their respective cubes
• ignorable
A list of scalar, ungroupable non_equal coordinate groups
• resamplable
A list of equal, different data dimensioned coordinate groups
• transposable
A list of non equal, same data dimensioned, non scalar coordinate groups

Example usage:

result = coord_comparison(cube1, cube2)
print('All equal coordinates: ', result['equal'])


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The Aggregator class provides common aggregation functionality.

class iris.analysis.Aggregator(cell_method, call_func, units_func=None, lazy_func=None, **kwargs)

Bases: iris.analysis._Aggregator

Create an aggregator for the given call_func.

Args:

• cell_method (string):

Cell method definition formatter. Used in the fashion “cell_method.format(**kwargs)”, to produce a cell-method string which can include keyword values.

• call_func (callable):
Call signature: (data, axis=None, **kwargs)

Data aggregation function. Returns an aggregation result, collapsing the ‘axis’ dimension of the ‘data’ argument.

Kwargs:

• units_func (callable):
Call signature: (units)

If provided, called to convert a cube’s units. Returns an cf_units.Unit, or a value that can be made into one.

• lazy_func (callable or None):

An alternative to call_func implementing a lazy aggregation. Note that, it need not support all features of the main operation, but should raise an error in unhandled cases.

Passed through to call_func and lazy_func.

Aggregators are used by cube aggregation methods such as collapsed() and aggregated_by(). For example:

result = cube.collapsed('longitude', iris.analysis.MEAN)


A variety of ready-made aggregators are provided in this module, such as MEAN and MAX. Custom aggregators can also be created for special purposes, see Calculating a custom statistic for a worked example.

aggregate(data, axis, **kwargs)

Perform the aggregation function given the data.

Keyword arguments are passed through to the data aggregation function (for example, the “percent” keyword for a percentile aggregator). This function is usually used in conjunction with update_metadata(), which should be passed the same keyword arguments.

Args:

• data (array):
Data array.
• axis (int):
Axis to aggregate over.

Kwargs:

• mdtol (float):
Tolerance of missing data. The value returned will be masked if the fraction of data to missing data is less than or equal to mdtol. mdtol=0 means no missing data is tolerated while mdtol=1 will return the resulting value from the aggregation function. Defaults to 1.
• kwargs:
All keyword arguments apart from those specified above, are passed through to the data aggregation function.
Returns:
The aggregated data.
aggregate_shape(**kwargs)

The shape of the new dimension/s created by the aggregator.

Kwargs:

• This function is intended to be used in conjunction with aggregate() and should be passed the same keywords.
Returns:
A tuple of the aggregate shape.
lazy_aggregate(data, axis, **kwargs)

Perform aggregation over the data with a lazy operation, analogous to the ‘aggregate’ result.

Keyword arguments are passed through to the data aggregation function (for example, the “percent” keyword for a percentile aggregator). This function is usually used in conjunction with update_metadata(), which should be passed the same keyword arguments.

Args:

• data (array):
A lazy array (dask.array.Array).
• axis (int or list of int):
The dimensions to aggregate over – note that this is defined differently to the ‘aggregate’ method ‘axis’ argument, which only accepts a single dimension index.

Kwargs:

• kwargs:
All keyword arguments are passed through to the data aggregation function.
Returns:
A lazy array representing the aggregation operation (dask.array.Array).
name()

Returns the name of the aggregator.

post_process(collapsed_cube, data_result, coords, **kwargs)

Process the result from iris.analysis.Aggregator.aggregate().

Args:

Kwargs:

• This function is intended to be used in conjunction with aggregate() and should be passed the same keywords (for example, the “ddof” keyword from a standard deviation aggregator).
Returns:
The collapsed cube with its aggregated data payload.
update_metadata(cube, coords, **kwargs)

Update cube cell method metadata w.r.t the aggregation function.

Args:

Kwargs:

• This function is intended to be used in conjuction with aggregate() and should be passed the same keywords (for example, the “ddof” keyword for a standard deviation aggregator).

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Convenience class that supports common weighted aggregation functionality.

class iris.analysis.WeightedAggregator(cell_method, call_func, units_func=None, lazy_func=None, **kwargs)

Create a weighted aggregator for the given call_func.

Args:

• cell_method (string):
Cell method string that supports string format substitution.
• call_func (callable):
Data aggregation function. Call signature (data, axis, **kwargs).

Kwargs:

• units_func (callable):
Units conversion function.
• lazy_func (callable or None):
An alternative to call_func implementing a lazy aggregation. Note that, it need not support all features of the main operation, but should raise an error in unhandled cases.
Passed through to call_func and lazy_func.
aggregate(data, axis, **kwargs)

Perform the aggregation function given the data.

Keyword arguments are passed through to the data aggregation function (for example, the “percent” keyword for a percentile aggregator). This function is usually used in conjunction with update_metadata(), which should be passed the same keyword arguments.

Args:

• data (array):
Data array.
• axis (int):
Axis to aggregate over.

Kwargs:

• mdtol (float):
Tolerance of missing data. The value returned will be masked if the fraction of data to missing data is less than or equal to mdtol. mdtol=0 means no missing data is tolerated while mdtol=1 will return the resulting value from the aggregation function. Defaults to 1.
• kwargs:
All keyword arguments apart from those specified above, are passed through to the data aggregation function.
Returns:
The aggregated data.
aggregate_shape(**kwargs)

The shape of the new dimension/s created by the aggregator.

Kwargs:

• This function is intended to be used in conjunction with aggregate() and should be passed the same keywords.
Returns:
A tuple of the aggregate shape.
lazy_aggregate(data, axis, **kwargs)

Perform aggregation over the data with a lazy operation, analogous to the ‘aggregate’ result.

Keyword arguments are passed through to the data aggregation function (for example, the “percent” keyword for a percentile aggregator). This function is usually used in conjunction with update_metadata(), which should be passed the same keyword arguments.

Args:

• data (array):
A lazy array (dask.array.Array).
• axis (int or list of int):
The dimensions to aggregate over – note that this is defined differently to the ‘aggregate’ method ‘axis’ argument, which only accepts a single dimension index.

Kwargs:

• kwargs:
All keyword arguments are passed through to the data aggregation function.
Returns:
A lazy array representing the aggregation operation (dask.array.Array).
name()

Returns the name of the aggregator.

post_process(collapsed_cube, data_result, coords, **kwargs)

Process the result from iris.analysis.Aggregator.aggregate().

Returns a tuple(cube, weights) if a tuple(data, weights) was returned from iris.analysis.Aggregator.aggregate().

Args:

Kwargs:

• This function is intended to be used in conjunction with aggregate() and should be passed the same keywords (for example, the “weights” keywords from a mean aggregator).
Returns:
The collapsed cube with it’s aggregated data payload. Or a tuple pair of (cube, weights) if the keyword “returned” is specified and True.
update_metadata(cube, coords, **kwargs)

Update cube cell method metadata w.r.t the aggregation function.

Args:

Kwargs:

• This function is intended to be used in conjuction with aggregate() and should be passed the same keywords (for example, the “ddof” keyword for a standard deviation aggregator).
uses_weighting(**kwargs)

Determine whether this aggregator uses weighting.

Kwargs:

• kwargs:
Arguments to filter of weighted keywords.
Returns:
Boolean.

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iris.analysis.clear_phenomenon_identity(cube)

Helper function to clear the standard_name, attributes, and cell_methods of a cube.

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This class describes the linear interpolation and regridding scheme for interpolating or regridding over one or more orthogonal coordinates, typically for use with iris.cube.Cube.interpolate() or iris.cube.Cube.regrid().

class iris.analysis.Linear(extrapolation_mode='linear')

Bases: object

Linear interpolation and regridding scheme suitable for interpolating or regridding over one or more orthogonal coordinates.

Kwargs:

• extrapolation_mode:

Must be one of the following strings:

• ‘extrapolate’ or ‘linear’ - The extrapolation points will be calculated by extending the gradient of the closest two points.
• ‘nan’ - The extrapolation points will be be set to NaN.
• ‘error’ - A ValueError exception will be raised, notifying an attempt to extrapolate.
• ‘mask’ - The extrapolation points will always be masked, even if the source data is not a MaskedArray.
• ‘nanmask’ - If the source data is a MaskedArray the extrapolation points will be masked. Otherwise they will be set to NaN.

The default mode of extrapolation is ‘linear’.

interpolator(cube, coords)

Creates a linear interpolator to perform interpolation over the given Cube specified by the dimensions of the given coordinates.

Typically you should use iris.cube.Cube.interpolate() for interpolating a cube. There are, however, some situations when constructing your own interpolator is preferable. These are detailed in the user guide.

Args:

• cube:
The source iris.cube.Cube to be interpolated.
• coords:
The names or coordinate instances that are to be interpolated over.
Returns:

A callable with the interface:

callable(sample_points, collapse_scalar=True)

where sample_points is a sequence containing an array of values for each of the coordinates passed to this method, and collapse_scalar determines whether to remove length one dimensions in the result cube caused by scalar values in sample_points.

The values for coordinates that correspond to date/times may optionally be supplied as datetime.datetime or cftime.datetime instances.

For example, for the callable returned by: Linear().interpolator(cube, [‘latitude’, ‘longitude’]), sample_points must have the form [new_lat_values, new_lon_values].

regridder(src_grid, target_grid)

Creates a linear regridder to perform regridding from the source grid to the target grid.

Typically you should use iris.cube.Cube.regrid() for regridding a cube. There are, however, some situations when constructing your own regridder is preferable. These are detailed in the user guide.

Args:

Returns:

A callable with the interface:

callable(cube)

where cube is a cube with the same grid as src_grid that is to be regridded to the target_grid.

LINEAR_EXTRAPOLATION_MODES = ['extrapolate', 'error', 'nan', 'mask', 'nanmask', 'linear']

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This class describes an area-weighted regridding scheme for regridding between ‘ordinary’ horizontal grids with separated X and Y coordinates in a common coordinate system. Typically for use with iris.cube.Cube.regrid().

class iris.analysis.AreaWeighted(mdtol=1)

Bases: object

Area-weighted regridding scheme suitable for regridding between different orthogonal XY grids in the same coordinate system.

Kwargs:

• mdtol (float):
Tolerance of missing data. The value returned in each element of the returned array will be masked if the fraction of missing data exceeds mdtol. This fraction is calculated based on the area of masked cells within each target cell. mdtol=0 means no masked data is tolerated while mdtol=1 will mean the resulting element will be masked if and only if all the overlapping elements of the source grid are masked. Defaults to 1.
regridder(src_grid_cube, target_grid_cube)

Creates an area-weighted regridder to perform regridding from the source grid to the target grid.

Typically you should use iris.cube.Cube.regrid() for regridding a cube. There are, however, some situations when constructing your own regridder is preferable. These are detailed in the user guide.

Args:

Returns:

A callable with the interface:

callable(cube)

where cube is a cube with the same grid as src_grid_cube that is to be regridded to the grid of target_grid_cube.

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This class describes the nearest-neighbour interpolation and regridding scheme for interpolating or regridding over one or more orthogonal coordinates, typically for use with iris.cube.Cube.interpolate() or iris.cube.Cube.regrid().

class iris.analysis.Nearest(extrapolation_mode='extrapolate')

Bases: object

Nearest-neighbour interpolation and regridding scheme suitable for interpolating or regridding over one or more orthogonal coordinates.

Kwargs:

• extrapolation_mode:

Must be one of the following strings:

• ‘extrapolate’ - The extrapolation points will take their value from the nearest source point.
• ‘nan’ - The extrapolation points will be be set to NaN.
• ‘error’ - A ValueError exception will be raised, notifying an attempt to extrapolate.
• ‘mask’ - The extrapolation points will always be masked, even if the source data is not a MaskedArray.
• ‘nanmask’ - If the source data is a MaskedArray the extrapolation points will be masked. Otherwise they will be set to NaN.

The default mode of extrapolation is ‘extrapolate’.

interpolator(cube, coords)

Creates a nearest-neighbour interpolator to perform interpolation over the given Cube specified by the dimensions of the specified coordinates.

Typically you should use iris.cube.Cube.interpolate() for interpolating a cube. There are, however, some situations when constructing your own interpolator is preferable. These are detailed in the user guide.

Args:

• cube:
The source iris.cube.Cube to be interpolated.
• coords:
The names or coordinate instances that are to be interpolated over.
Returns:

A callable with the interface:

callable(sample_points, collapse_scalar=True)

where sample_points is a sequence containing an array of values for each of the coordinates passed to this method, and collapse_scalar determines whether to remove length one dimensions in the result cube caused by scalar values in sample_points.

The values for coordinates that correspond to date/times may optionally be supplied as datetime.datetime or cftime.datetime instances.

For example, for the callable returned by: Nearest().interpolator(cube, [‘latitude’, ‘longitude’]), sample_points must have the form [new_lat_values, new_lon_values].

regridder(src_grid, target_grid)

Creates a nearest-neighbour regridder to perform regridding from the source grid to the target grid.

Typically you should use iris.cube.Cube.regrid() for regridding a cube. There are, however, some situations when constructing your own regridder is preferable. These are detailed in the user guide.

Args:

Returns:

A callable with the interface:

callable(cube)

where cube is a cube with the same grid as src_grid that is to be regridded to the target_grid.

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This is a nearest-neighbour regridding scheme for regridding data whose horizontal (X- and Y-axis) coordinates are mapped to the same dimensions, rather than being orthogonal on independent dimensions.

For latitude-longitude coordinates, the nearest-neighbour distances are computed on the sphere, otherwise flat Euclidean distances are used.

The source X and Y coordinates can have any shape.

The target grid must be of the “normal” kind, i.e. it has separate, 1-dimensional X and Y coordinates.

Source and target XY coordinates must have the same coordinate system, which may also be None. If any of the XY coordinates are latitudes or longitudes, then they all must be. Otherwise, the corresponding X and Y coordinates must have the same units in the source and grid cubes.

Note

Currently only supports regridding, not interpolation.

Note

This scheme performs essentially the same job as iris.experimental.regrid.ProjectedUnstructuredNearest. That scheme is faster, but only works well on data in a limited region of the globe, covered by a specified projection. This approach is more rigorously correct and can be applied to global datasets.

class iris.analysis.UnstructuredNearest

Bases: object

Nearest-neighbour interpolation and regridding scheme suitable for interpolating or regridding from un-gridded data such as trajectories or other data where the X and Y coordinates share the same dimensions.

regridder(src_cube, target_grid)

Creates a nearest-neighbour regridder, of the UnstructuredNearestNeigbourRegridder type, to perform regridding from the source grid to the target grid.

This can then be applied to any source data with the same structure as the original ‘src_cube’.

Typically you should use iris.cube.Cube.regrid() for regridding a cube. There are, however, some situations when constructing your own regridder is preferable. These are detailed in the user guide.

Args:

• src_cube:
The Cube defining the source grid. The X and Y coordinates can have any shape, but must be mapped over the same cube dimensions.
• target_grid:
The Cube defining the target grid. The X and Y coordinates must be one-dimensional dimension coordinates, mapped to different dimensions. All other cube components are ignored.
Returns:

A callable with the interface:

callable(cube)

where cube is a cube with the same grid as src_cube that is to be regridded to the target_grid.