cfdm

Fully implements the CF data model for its internal data structures and so is able to process any CF-compliant dataset.
https://github.com/ncas-cms/cfdm

Category: Climate Change
Sub Category: Climate Data Standards

Keywords

aggregation atmosphere cf climate dask data data-compression forecasting metadata netcdf ocean python ugrid zarr

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cfdm cfunits earth-science pp um atmospheric-science archival udunits2 units earth-system-model

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A Python reference implementation of the CF data model

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ncas-cms/cfdm
• Owner: NCAS-CMS
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-10-22T14:07:21.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-11-28T10:04:57.000Z (27 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-12-01T16:23:10.544Z (24 days ago)
• Topics: aggregation, atmosphere, cf, climate, dask, data, data-compression, forecasting, metadata, netcdf, ocean, python, ugrid, zarr
• Language: Python
• Homepage: http://ncas-cms.github.io/cfdm
• Size: 74.9 MB
• Stars: 31
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 13
• Open Issues: 45
• Releases: 23
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: Changelog.rst
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  • Support: docs/support.html
  • Codemeta: codemeta.json

README.md

>>> import cfdm
>>> f = cfdm.read('file.nc')
>>> f
[<Field: air_temperature(time(12), latitude(64), longitude(128)) K>]
>>> print(f[0])
Field: air_temperature (ncvar%tas)
----------------------------------
Data            : air_temperature(time(12), latitude(64), longitude(128)) K
Cell methods    : time(12): mean (interval: 1.0 month)
Dimension coords: time(12) = [0450-11-16 00:00:00, ..., 0451-10-16 12:00:00] noleap
                : latitude(64) = [-87.8638, ..., 87.8638] degrees_north
                : longitude(128) = [0.0, ..., 357.1875] degrees_east
                : height(1) = [2.0] m

$ cfdump file.nc
Field: air_temperature (ncvar%tas)
----------------------------------
Data            : air_temperature(time(12), latitude(64), longitude(128)) K
Cell methods    : time(12): mean (interval: 1.0 month)
Dimension coords: time(12) = [0450-11-16 00:00:00, ..., 0451-10-16 12:00:00] noleap
                : latitude(64) = [-87.8638, ..., 87.8638] degrees_north
                : longitude(128) = [0.0, ..., 357.1875] degrees_east
                : height(1) = [2.0] m

$ python run_tests.py

@article{Hassell2020,
  doi = {10.21105/joss.02717},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.02717},
  year = {2020},
  publisher = {The Open Journal},
  volume = {5},
  number = {54},
  pages = {2717},
  author = {David Hassell and Sadie L. Bartholomew},
  title = {cfdm: A Python reference implementation of the CF data model},
  journal = {Journal of Open Source Software}
}

Owner metadata

• Name: NCAS CMS
• Login: NCAS-CMS
• Email:
• Kind: organization
• Description: Useful tools to support NERC weather and climate research
• Website: http://cms.ncas.ac.uk/
• Location: UK
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