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def ecmwf_ifs_post_processing(path,
western_bound,
eastern_bound,
northern_bound,
southern_bound):
This function does the following:
1) Subsets the ECMWF IFS and High Resolution IFS model data.
2) Post-processes the GRIB variable keys into Plain Language variable keys.
Required Arguments:
1) path (String) - The path to the folder containing the ECMWF IFS or High Resolution IFS files.
2) western_bound (Float or Integer) - Default=-180. The western bound of the data needed.
3) eastern_bound (Float or Integer) - Default=180. The eastern bound of the data needed.
4) northern_bound (Float or Integer) - Default=90. The northern bound of the data needed.
5) southern_bound (Float or Integer) - Default=-90. The southern bound of the data needed.
Optional Arguments: None
Returns
An xarray data array of ECMWF data.
Plain Language ECMWF IFS/ECMWF High Resolution Variable Keys
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'total_column_water'
'total_column_vertically_integrated_water_vapor'
'total_cloud_cover'
'snowfall'
'snow_depth'
'snow_albedo'
'land_sea_mask'
'specific_humidity'
'volumetric_soil_moisture_content'
'sea_ice_thickness'
'soil_temperature'
'surface_longwave_radiation_downward'
'surface_net_shortwave_solar_radiation'
'surface_net_longwave_thermal_radiation'
'top_net_longwave_thermal_radiation'
'10m_max_wind_gust'
'vertical_velocity'
'relative_vorticity'
'relative_humidity'
'geopotential_height'
'eastward_turbulent_surface_stress'
'u_wind_component'
'divergence'
'northward_turbulent_surface_stress'
'v_wind_component'
'air_temperature'
'water_runoff'
'total_precipitation'
'mslp'
'eastward_surface_sea_water_velocity'
'most_unstable_cape'
'northward_surface_sea_water_velocity'
'sea_surface_height'
'standard_deviation_of_sub_gridscale_orography'
'skin_temperature'
'slope_of_sub_gridscale_orography'
'10m_u_wind_component'
'precipitation_type'
'10m_v_wind_component'
'total_precipitation_rate'
'surface_shortwave_radiation_downward'
'geopotential'
'surface_pressure'
'2m_temperature'
'100m_u_wind_component'
'100m_v_wind_component'
'2m_dew_point'
'2m_relative_humidity'
'2m_dew_point_depression'
'time_maximum_10m_wind_gust'
'3_hr_maximum_2m_temperature'
'3_hr_minimum_2m_temperature'