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Secondary GFS Variables Post-Processing

def secondary_gfs_post_processing(path,
                                western_bound,
                                eastern_bound,
                                southern_bound,
                                northern_bound):

This function post-processes the GFS0P25 and GFS0P50 GRIB Primary Variable Keys into Plain-Language Variable Keys

Required Arguments:

1) path (String) - The path to the 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.array of GFS0P25 data in Plain Language Keys.

Post-processed variable keys
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'u_wind_component'
'v_wind_component'
'temperature'
'relative_humidity'
'absolute_vorticity'
'geopotential_height'
'vertical_speed_shear'
'ozone_mixing_ratio'
'total_cloud_cover'
'cloud_mixing_ratio'
'ice_water_mixing_ratio'
'rain_mixing_ratio'
'snow_mixing_ratio'
'graupel'
'vertical_velocity'
'geometric_vertical_velocity'
'liquid_volumetric_soil_moisture_non_frozen'
'plant_canopy_surface_water'
'sea_ice_thickness'
'specific_humidity'
'pressure'