Python interface to map GRIB files to the Unidata's Common Data Model v4 following the CF Conventions. The high level API is designed to support a GRIB engine for xarray and it is inspired by netCDF4-python and h5netcdf. Low level access and decoding is performed via the ECMWF ecCodes library.
Features with development status Beta:
- enables the
engine='cfgrib'option to read GRIB files with xarray, - reads most GRIB 1 and 2 files including heterogeneous ones with
cfgrib.open_datasets, - supports all modern versions of Python 3.7, 3.6, 3.5 and PyPy3,
- the 0.9.6.x series with support for Python 2 will stay active and receive critical bugfixes,
- works on Linux, MacOS and Windows, the ecCodes C-library is the only binary dependency,
- conda-forge package on all supported platforms,
- PyPI package with no install time build (binds via CFFI ABI mode),
- reads the data lazily and efficiently in terms of both memory usage and disk access,
- allows larger-than-memory and distributed processing via dask,
- supports translating coordinates to different data models and naming conventions,
- supports writing the index of a GRIB file to disk, to save a full-file scan on open.
Work in progress:
- Alpha limited support for MULTI-FIELD messages, e.g. u-v components, see #76.
- Alpha install a
cfgributility that can convert a GRIB fileto_netcdfwith a optional conversion to a specific coordinates data model, see #40. - Alpha support writing carefully-crafted
xarray.Dataset's to a GRIB1 or GRIB2 file, see the Advanced write usage section below and #18.
Limitations:
- relies on ecCodes for the CF attributes of the data variables,
- relies on ecCodes for anything related to coordinate systems /
gridType, see #28.
The easiest way to install cfgrib and all its binary dependencies is via Conda:
$ conda install -c conda-forge cfgrib
alternatively, if you install the binary dependencies yourself, you can install the Python package from PyPI with:
$ pip install cfgrib
The Python module depends on the ECMWF ecCodes binary library that must be installed on the system and accessible as a shared library. Some Linux distributions ship a binary version that may be installed with the standard package manager. On Ubuntu 18.04 use the command:
$ sudo apt-get install libeccodes0
On a MacOS with HomeBrew use:
$ brew install eccodes
Or if you manage binary packages with Conda use:
$ conda install -c conda-forge eccodes
As an alternative you may install the official source distribution by following the instructions at https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/ECC/ecCodes+installation
You may run a simple selfcheck command to ensure that your system is set up correctly:
$ python -m cfgrib selfcheck Found: ecCodes v2.12.0. Your system is ready.
First, you need a well-formed GRIB file, if you don't have one at hand you can download our ERA5 on pressure levels sample:
$ wget http://download.ecmwf.int/test-data/cfgrib/era5-levels-members.grib
Most of cfgrib users want to open a GRIB file as a xarray.Dataset and
need to have xarray>=0.12.0 installed:
$ pip install xarray>=0.12.0
In a Python interpreter try:
>>> import xarray as xr
>>> ds = xr.open_dataset('era5-levels-members.grib', engine='cfgrib')
>>> ds
<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (isobaricInhPa: 2, latitude: 61, longitude: 120, number: 10, time: 4)
Coordinates:
* number (number) int64 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
* time (time) datetime64[ns] 2017-01-01 ... 2017-01-02T12:00:00
step timedelta64[ns] ...
* isobaricInhPa (isobaricInhPa) int64 850 500
* latitude (latitude) float64 90.0 87.0 84.0 81.0 ... -84.0 -87.0 -90.0
* longitude (longitude) float64 0.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 ... 351.0 354.0 357.0
valid_time (time) datetime64[ns] ...
Data variables:
z (number, time, isobaricInhPa, latitude, longitude) float32 ...
t (number, time, isobaricInhPa, latitude, longitude) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 1
GRIB_centre: ecmf
GRIB_centreDescription: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
history: ...The cfgrib engine supports all read-only features of xarray like:
- merge the content of several GRIB files into a single dataset using
xarray.open_mfdataset, - work with larger-than-memory datasets with dask,
- allow distributed processing with dask.distributed.
Contrary to netCDF the GRIB data format is not self-describing and several details of the mapping
to the Unidata Common Data Model are arbitrarily set by the software components decoding the format.
Details like names and units of the coordinates are particularly important because
xarray broadcast and selection rules depend on them.
cf2cfm is a small coordinate translation module distributed with cfgrib that make it easy to
translate CF compliant coordinates, like the one provided by cfgrib, to a user-defined
custom data model with set out_name, units and stored_direction.
For example to translate a cfgrib styled xr.Dataset to the classic ECMWF coordinate naming conventions you can:
>>> import cf2cdm
>>> ds = xr.open_dataset('era5-levels-members.grib', engine='cfgrib')
>>> cf2cdm.translate_coords(ds, cf2cdm.ECMWF)
<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (latitude: 61, level: 2, longitude: 120, number: 10, time: 4)
Coordinates:
* number (number) int64 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
* time (time) datetime64[ns] 2017-01-01 ... 2017-01-02T12:00:00
step timedelta64[ns] ...
* level (level) int64 850 500
* latitude (latitude) float64 90.0 87.0 84.0 81.0 ... -84.0 -87.0 -90.0
* longitude (longitude) float64 0.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 ... 348.0 351.0 354.0 357.0
valid_time (time) datetime64[ns] ...
Data variables:
z (number, time, level, latitude, longitude) float32 ...
t (number, time, level, latitude, longitude) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 1
GRIB_centre: ecmf
GRIB_centreDescription: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
history: ...To translate to the Common Data Model of the Climate Data Store use:
>>> import cf2cdm
>>> cf2cdm.translate_coords(ds, cf2cdm.CDS)
<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (lat: 61, lon: 120, plev: 2, realization: 10, time: 4)
Coordinates:
* realization (realization) int64 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
forecast_reference_time (time) datetime64[ns] 2017-01-01 ... 2017-01-02T12:00:00
leadtime timedelta64[ns] ...
* plev (plev) float64 8.5e+04 5e+04
* lat (lat) float64 -90.0 -87.0 -84.0 ... 84.0 87.0 90.0
* lon (lon) float64 0.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 ... 351.0 354.0 357.0
* time (time) datetime64[ns] ...
Data variables:
z (realization, time, plev, lat, lon) float32 ...
t (realization, time, plev, lat, lon) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 1
GRIB_centre: ecmf
GRIB_centreDescription: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
history: ...xr.open_dataset can open a GRIB file only if all the messages
with the same shortName can be represented as a single hypercube.
For example, a variable t cannot have both isobaricInhPa and hybrid typeOfLevel's,
as this would result in multiple hypercubes for the same variable.
Opening a non-conformant GRIB file will fail with a ValueError: multiple values for unique key...
error message, see #2.
Furthermore if different variables depend on the same coordinate, for example step,
the values of the coordinate must match exactly.
For example, if variables t and z share the same step coordinate,
they must both have exactly the same set of steps.
Opening a non-conformant GRIB file will fail with a ValueError: key present and new value is different...
error message, see #13.
In most cases you can handle complex GRIB files containing heterogeneous messages by passing
the filter_by_keys key in backend_kwargs to select which GRIB messages belong to a
well formed set of hypercubes.
For example to open US National Weather Service complex GRIB2 files you can use:
>>> xr.open_dataset('nam.t00z.awp21100.tm00.grib2', engine='cfgrib',
... backend_kwargs={'filter_by_keys': {'typeOfLevel': 'surface'}})
<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] ...
step timedelta64[ns] ...
surface int64 ...
latitude (y, x) float64 ...
longitude (y, x) float64 ...
valid_time datetime64[ns] ...
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
gust (y, x) float32 ...
sp (y, x) float32 ...
orog (y, x) float32 ...
tp (y, x) float32 ...
acpcp (y, x) float32 ...
csnow (y, x) float32 ...
cicep (y, x) float32 ...
cfrzr (y, x) float32 ...
crain (y, x) float32 ...
cape (y, x) float32 ...
cin (y, x) float32 ...
hpbl (y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
history: ...
>>> xr.open_dataset('nam.t00z.awp21100.tm00.grib2', engine='cfgrib',
... backend_kwargs={'filter_by_keys': {'typeOfLevel': 'heightAboveGround', 'level': 2}})
<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] ...
step timedelta64[ns] ...
heightAboveGround int64 ...
latitude (y, x) float64 ...
longitude (y, x) float64 ...
valid_time datetime64[ns] ...
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
t2m (y, x) float32 ...
r2 (y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
history: ...cfgrib also provides a function that automate the selection of appropriate filter_by_keys
and returns a list of all valid xarray.Dataset's in the GRIB file.
>>> import cfgrib
>>> cfgrib.open_datasets('nam.t00z.awp21100.tm00.grib2')
[<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
step timedelta64[ns] 00:00:00
cloudBase int64 0
latitude (y, x) float64 12.19 12.39 12.58 12.77 ... 57.68 57.49 57.29
longitude (y, x) float64 226.5 227.2 227.9 228.7 ... 308.5 309.6 310.6
valid_time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
pres (y, x) float32 ...
gh (y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP , <xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
step timedelta64[ns] 00:00:00
cloudTop int64 0
latitude (y, x) float64 12.19 12.39 12.58 12.77 ... 57.68 57.49 57.29
longitude (y, x) float64 226.5 227.2 227.9 228.7 ... 308.5 309.6 310.6
valid_time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
pres (y, x) float32 ...
t (y, x) float32 ...
gh (y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP , <xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
step timedelta64[ns] 00:00:00
heightAboveGround int64 10
latitude (y, x) float64 12.19 12.39 12.58 ... 57.68 57.49 57.29
longitude (y, x) float64 226.5 227.2 227.9 ... 308.5 309.6 310.6
valid_time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
u10 (y, x) float32 ...
v10 (y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP , <xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
step timedelta64[ns] 00:00:00
heightAboveGround int64 2
latitude (y, x) float64 12.19 12.39 12.58 ... 57.68 57.49 57.29
longitude (y, x) float64 226.5 227.2 227.9 ... 308.5 309.6 310.6
valid_time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
t2m (y, x) float32 ...
r2 (y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP , <xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (heightAboveGroundLayer: 2, x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
step timedelta64[ns] 00:00:00
* heightAboveGroundLayer (heightAboveGroundLayer) int64 1000 3000
latitude (y, x) float64 ...
longitude (y, x) float64 ...
valid_time datetime64[ns] ...
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
hlcy (heightAboveGroundLayer, y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP , <xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (isobaricInhPa: 19, x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
step timedelta64[ns] 00:00:00
* isobaricInhPa (isobaricInhPa) int64 1000 950 900 850 ... 250 200 150 100
latitude (y, x) float64 12.19 12.39 12.58 12.77 ... 57.68 57.49 57.29
longitude (y, x) float64 226.5 227.2 227.9 228.7 ... 308.5 309.6 310.6
valid_time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
t (isobaricInhPa, y, x) float32 ...
v (isobaricInhPa, y, x) float32 ...
u (isobaricInhPa, y, x) float32 ...
w (isobaricInhPa, y, x) float32 ...
gh (isobaricInhPa, y, x) float32 ...
r (isobaricInhPa, y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP , <xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (isobaricInhPa: 5, x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
step timedelta64[ns] 00:00:00
* isobaricInhPa (isobaricInhPa) int64 1000 850 700 500 250
latitude (y, x) float64 ...
longitude (y, x) float64 ...
valid_time datetime64[ns] ...
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
absv (isobaricInhPa, y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP , <xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
step timedelta64[ns] 00:00:00
isothermZero int64 0
latitude (y, x) float64 12.19 12.39 12.58 12.77 ... 57.68 57.49 57.29
longitude (y, x) float64 226.5 227.2 227.9 228.7 ... 308.5 309.6 310.6
valid_time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
gh (y, x) float32 ...
r (y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP , <xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
step timedelta64[ns] 00:00:00
maxWind int64 0
latitude (y, x) float64 12.19 12.39 12.58 12.77 ... 57.68 57.49 57.29
longitude (y, x) float64 226.5 227.2 227.9 228.7 ... 308.5 309.6 310.6
valid_time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
pres (y, x) float32 ...
v (y, x) float32 ...
u (y, x) float32 ...
gh (y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP , <xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
step timedelta64[ns] 00:00:00
meanSea int64 0
latitude (y, x) float64 12.19 12.39 12.58 12.77 ... 57.68 57.49 57.29
longitude (y, x) float64 226.5 227.2 227.9 228.7 ... 308.5 309.6 310.6
valid_time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
prmsl (y, x) float32 ...
mslet (y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP , <xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (pressureFromGroundLayer: 2, x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
step timedelta64[ns] 00:00:00
* pressureFromGroundLayer (pressureFromGroundLayer) int64 9000 18000
latitude (y, x) float64 12.19 12.39 12.58 ... 57.49 57.29
longitude (y, x) float64 226.5 227.2 227.9 ... 309.6 310.6
valid_time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
cape (pressureFromGroundLayer, y, x) float32 ...
cin (pressureFromGroundLayer, y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP , <xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (pressureFromGroundLayer: 5, x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
step timedelta64[ns] 00:00:00
* pressureFromGroundLayer (pressureFromGroundLayer) int64 3000 6000 ... 15000
latitude (y, x) float64 12.19 12.39 12.58 ... 57.49 57.29
longitude (y, x) float64 226.5 227.2 227.9 ... 309.6 310.6
valid_time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
t (pressureFromGroundLayer, y, x) float32 ...
v (pressureFromGroundLayer, y, x) float32 ...
u (pressureFromGroundLayer, y, x) float32 ...
r (pressureFromGroundLayer, y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP , <xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
step timedelta64[ns] 00:00:00
pressureFromGroundLayer int64 3000
latitude (y, x) float64 ...
longitude (y, x) float64 ...
valid_time datetime64[ns] ...
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
pli (y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP , <xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
step timedelta64[ns] 00:00:00
pressureFromGroundLayer int64 18000
latitude (y, x) float64 ...
longitude (y, x) float64 ...
valid_time datetime64[ns] ...
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
4lftx (y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP , <xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
step timedelta64[ns] 00:00:00
surface int64 0
latitude (y, x) float64 12.19 12.39 12.58 12.77 ... 57.68 57.49 57.29
longitude (y, x) float64 226.5 227.2 227.9 228.7 ... 308.5 309.6 310.6
valid_time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
cape (y, x) float32 ...
v (y, x) float32 ...
acpcp (y, x) float32 ...
cin (y, x) float32 ...
orog (y, x) float32 ...
tp (y, x) float32 ...
crain (y, x) float32 ...
cfrzr (y, x) float32 ...
cicep (y, x) float32 ...
csnow (y, x) float32 ...
gust (y, x) float32 ...
hpbl (y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP , <xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
step timedelta64[ns] 00:00:00
tropopause int64 0
latitude (y, x) float64 12.19 12.39 12.58 12.77 ... 57.68 57.49 57.29
longitude (y, x) float64 226.5 227.2 227.9 228.7 ... 308.5 309.6 310.6
valid_time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
pres (y, x) float32 ...
t (y, x) float32 ...
v (y, x) float32 ...
u (y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP , <xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (x: 93, y: 65)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] 2018-09-17
step timedelta64[ns] 00:00:00
level int64 0
latitude (y, x) float64 ...
longitude (y, x) float64 ...
valid_time datetime64[ns] ...
Dimensions without coordinates: x, y
Data variables:
pwat (y, x) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: kwbc
GRIB_centreDescription: US National Weather Service - NCEP...
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: US National Weather Service - NCEP ]Please note that write support is Alpha.
Only xarray.Dataset's in canonical form,
that is, with the coordinates names matching exactly the cfgrib coordinates,
can be saved at the moment:
>>> ds = xr.open_dataset('era5-levels-members.grib', engine='cfgrib')
>>> ds
<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (isobaricInhPa: 2, latitude: 61, longitude: 120, number: 10, time: 4)
Coordinates:
* number (number) int64 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
* time (time) datetime64[ns] 2017-01-01 ... 2017-01-02T12:00:00
step timedelta64[ns] ...
* isobaricInhPa (isobaricInhPa) int64 850 500
* latitude (latitude) float64 90.0 87.0 84.0 81.0 ... -84.0 -87.0 -90.0
* longitude (longitude) float64 0.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 ... 351.0 354.0 357.0
valid_time (time) datetime64[ns] ...
Data variables:
z (number, time, isobaricInhPa, latitude, longitude) float32 ...
t (number, time, isobaricInhPa, latitude, longitude) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 1
GRIB_centre: ecmf
GRIB_centreDescription: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
history: ...
>>> cfgrib.to_grib(ds, 'out1.grib', grib_keys={'edition': 2})
>>> xr.open_dataset('out1.grib', engine='cfgrib')
<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (isobaricInhPa: 2, latitude: 61, longitude: 120, number: 10, time: 4)
Coordinates:
* number (number) int64 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
* time (time) datetime64[ns] 2017-01-01 ... 2017-01-02T12:00:00
step timedelta64[ns] ...
* isobaricInhPa (isobaricInhPa) int64 850 500
* latitude (latitude) float64 90.0 87.0 84.0 81.0 ... -84.0 -87.0 -90.0
* longitude (longitude) float64 0.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 ... 351.0 354.0 357.0
valid_time (time) datetime64[ns] ...
Data variables:
z (number, time, isobaricInhPa, latitude, longitude) float32 ...
t (number, time, isobaricInhPa, latitude, longitude) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: ecmf
GRIB_centreDescription: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
history: ...Per-variable GRIB keys can be set by setting the attrs variable with key prefixed by GRIB_,
for example:
>>> import numpy as np
>>> import xarray as xr
>>> ds2 = xr.DataArray(
... np.zeros((5, 6)) + 300.,
... coords=[
... np.linspace(90., -90., 5),
... np.linspace(0., 360., 6, endpoint=False),
... ],
... dims=['latitude', 'longitude'],
... ).to_dataset(name='skin_temperature')
>>> ds2.skin_temperature.attrs['GRIB_shortName'] = 'skt'
>>> cfgrib.to_grib(ds2, 'out2.grib')
>>> xr.open_dataset('out2.grib', engine='cfgrib')
<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions: (latitude: 5, longitude: 6)
Coordinates:
time datetime64[ns] ...
step timedelta64[ns] ...
surface int64 ...
* latitude (latitude) float64 90.0 45.0 0.0 -45.0 -90.0
* longitude (longitude) float64 0.0 60.0 120.0 180.0 240.0 300.0
valid_time datetime64[ns] ...
Data variables:
skt (latitude, longitude) float32 ...
Attributes:
GRIB_edition: 2
GRIB_centre: consensus
GRIB_centreDescription: Consensus
GRIB_subCentre: 0
Conventions: CF-1.7
institution: Consensus
history: ...The use of xarray is not mandatory and you can access the content of a GRIB file as an hypercube with the high level API in a Python interpreter:
>>> ds = cfgrib.open_file('era5-levels-members.grib')
>>> ds.attributes['GRIB_edition']
1
>>> sorted(ds.dimensions.items())
[('isobaricInhPa', 2), ('latitude', 61), ('longitude', 120), ('number', 10), ('time', 4)]
>>> sorted(ds.variables)
['isobaricInhPa', 'latitude', 'longitude', 'number', 'step', 't', 'time', 'valid_time', 'z']
>>> var = ds.variables['t']
>>> var.dimensions
('number', 'time', 'isobaricInhPa', 'latitude', 'longitude')
>>> var.data[:, :, :, :, :].mean()
262.92133
>>> ds = cfgrib.open_file('era5-levels-members.grib')
>>> ds.attributes['GRIB_edition']
1
>>> sorted(ds.dimensions.items())
[('isobaricInhPa', 2), ('latitude', 61), ('longitude', 120), ('number', 10), ('time', 4)]
>>> sorted(ds.variables)
['isobaricInhPa', 'latitude', 'longitude', 'number', 'step', 't', 'time', 'valid_time', 'z']
>>> var = ds.variables['t']
>>> var.dimensions
('number', 'time', 'isobaricInhPa', 'latitude', 'longitude')
>>> var.data[:, :, :, :, :].mean()
262.92133By default cfgrib saves the index of the GRIB file to disk appending .idx
to the GRIB file name.
Index files are an experimental and completely optional feature, feel free to
remove them and try again in case of problems. Index files saving can be disable passing
adding indexpath='' to the backend_kwargs keyword argument.
| Development | https://github.com/ecmwf/cfgrib |
| Download | https://pypi.org/project/cfgrib |
| User support | https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=cfgrib |
| Code quality | 
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The main repository is hosted on GitHub, testing, bug reports and contributions are highly welcomed and appreciated:
https://github.com/ecmwf/cfgrib
Please see the CONTRIBUTING.rst document for the best way to help.
Lead developer:
Main contributors:
- Baudouin Raoult - ECMWF
- Aureliana Barghini - B-Open
- Iain Russell - ECMWF
- Leonardo Barcaroli - B-Open
See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.
Copyright 2017-2019 European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.