diff --git a/docs/Users_Guide/appendixB.rst b/docs/Users_Guide/appendixB.rst index 2fb620adf5..1e42340594 100644 --- a/docs/Users_Guide/appendixB.rst +++ b/docs/Users_Guide/appendixB.rst @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ The following map projections are currently supported in MET: * Gaussian Projection +* Semi Lat/Lon + Grid Specification Strings ========================== @@ -82,6 +84,10 @@ For a Gaussian grid, the syntax is The parameters **Nx** and **Ny** are as before, while **lon_zero** defines the first longitude. +For a Semi Lat/Lon grid, no grid specification string is supported. This grid type is only supported via Python embedding or when reading NetCDF files generated by another MET tool. A Semi Lat/Lon grid defines the information about 2D field of data whose dimension are defined by arrays of latitude (**lats**), longitude (**lons**), level (**levels**), and time (**times**). Times are defined as unixtime, the number of seconds since January 1, 1970. Typically, the lats or lons array and the levels or times array has non-zero length. For example, a zonal mean field is defined using the lats and levels array. A meridional mean field is defined using the lons and levels array. A Hovmoeller field is defined using lats or lons versus times. A arbitrary cross-section is defined by specifying both the lats and lons array with exactly the same length versus levels or times. + +Statistics can be computed from data on Semi Lat/Lon grids but only when all data resides on the same Semi Lat/Lon grid. Two Semi Lat/Lon grids are equal when their lats, lons, levels, and times arrays match. No functionality is provided to regrid Semi Lat/Lon data. The MET tools can plot Semi Lat/Lon data, however no map data is overlaid since these grids lack two spatial dimensions. + Grids ===== diff --git a/docs/Users_Guide/appendixF.rst b/docs/Users_Guide/appendixF.rst index 28253bf357..1c751dad96 100644 --- a/docs/Users_Guide/appendixF.rst +++ b/docs/Users_Guide/appendixF.rst @@ -173,6 +173,15 @@ When specified as a dictionary, the contents of the **grid** dictionary vary bas • lon_zero (double) • nx, ny (int) +• **SemiLatLon** grid dictionary entries: + + • type ("SemiLatLon") + • name (string) + • lats (list of doubles) + • lons (list of doubles) + • levels (list of doubles) + • times (list of doubles) + Additional information about supported grids can be found in :ref:`appendixB`. **Using Xarray DataArrays**