salem.open_metum_dataset

salem.open_metum_dataset(file, pole_longitude=None, pole_latitude=None, central_rotated_longitude=0.0, **kwargs)

Wrapper to Met Office Unified Model files (experimental)

This is needed because these files are a little messy.

Parameters:

filestr

the path to the MetUM file

pole_longitude: optional

Pole longitude position, in unrotated degrees. Defaults to the one found in the file (if found) and errors otherwise.

pole_latitude: optional

Pole latitude position, in unrotated degrees. Defaults to the one found in the file (if found) and errors otherwise.

central_rotated_longitude: optional

Longitude rotation about the new pole, in degrees. Defaults to the one found in the file (if found) and 0 otherwise.

**kwargsoptional

Additional arguments passed on to xarray.open_dataset.

Returns:

an xarray Dataset