Examples
Subsetting and selecting data
Let’s open a WRF model output file:
In [1]: import salem
In [2]: from salem.utils import get_demo_file
In [3]: ds = salem.open_xr_dataset(get_demo_file('wrfout_d01.nc'))
Let’s take a time slice of the variable T2
for a start:
In [4]: t2 = ds.T2.isel(Time=2)
In [5]: t2.salem.quick_map();
Although we are on a Lambert Conformal projection, it’s possible to subset the file using longitudes and latitudes:
In [6]: t2_sub = t2.salem.subset(corners=((77., 20.), (97., 35.)), crs=salem.wgs84)
In [7]: t2_sub.salem.quick_map();
It’s also possible to use geometries or shapefiles to subset your data:
In [8]: shdf = salem.read_shapefile(get_demo_file('world_borders.shp'))
In [9]: shdf = shdf.loc[shdf['CNTRY_NAME'].isin(['Nepal', 'Bhutan'])] # GeoPandas' GeoDataFrame
In [10]: t2_sub = t2_sub.salem.subset(shape=shdf, margin=2) # add 2 grid points
In [11]: t2_sub.salem.quick_map();
Based on the same principle, one can mask out the useless grid points:
In [12]: t2_roi = t2_sub.salem.roi(shape=shdf)
In [13]: t2_roi.salem.quick_map();
Plotting
Maps can be embellished with topographical shading, points of interest, and more:
In [14]: smap = t2_roi.salem.get_map(data=t2_roi-273.15, cmap='RdYlBu_r', vmin=-14, vmax=18)
In [15]: _ = smap.set_topography(get_demo_file('himalaya.tif'))
In [16]: smap.set_shapefile(shape=shdf, color='grey', linewidth=3)
In [17]: smap.set_points(91.1, 29.6)
In [18]: smap.set_text(91.2, 29.7, 'Lhasa', fontsize=17)
In [19]: smap.visualize();
Maps are persistent, which is useful when you have many plots to do. Plotting further data on them is possible, as long as the geolocalisation information is shipped with the data (in that case, the DataArray’s attributes are lost in the conversion from Kelvins to degrees Celsius so we have to set it explicitly):
In [20]: smap.set_data(ds.T2.isel(Time=1)-273.15, crs=ds.salem.grid)
In [21]: smap.visualize(title='2m temp - large domain', cbar_title='C');
Reprojecting data
Salem can also transform data from one grid to another:
In [22]: dse = salem.open_xr_dataset(get_demo_file('era_interim_tibet.nc'))
In [23]: t2_era_reproj = ds.salem.transform(dse.t2m)
In [24]: assert t2_era_reproj.salem.grid == ds.salem.grid
In [25]: t2_era_reproj.isel(time=0).salem.quick_map();
In [26]: t2_era_reproj = ds.salem.transform(dse.t2m, interp='spline')
In [27]: t2_era_reproj.isel(time=0).salem.quick_map();