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Hybrid Global Ensemble Forecast System (HGEFS) Post-Processing

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

This function post-processes the HGEFS Data into a more user-friendly format.

Required Arguments:

1) path (String) - The path to the HGEFS Data 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 in a plain language variable key format.

Pressure-Level Plain Language Variable Keys
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'geopotential_height'
'specific_humidity'
'air_temperature'
'u_wind_component'
'v_wind_component'
'vertical_velocity'

Surface-Level Plain Language Variable Keys
------------------------------------------

'10m_u_wind_component'
'10m_v_wind_component'
'mslp'
'2m_temperature'
'total_precipitation'