xoa.cf.CFCoordSpecs.get_dim_type

CFCoordSpecs.get_dim_type(dim, obj=None, lower=True)

Get the type of a dimension

Three cases:

• This dimension is registered in CF dims.

• obj has dim as dim and has an axis attribute inferred with get_axis().

• obj has a coord named dim with an axis attribute inferred with get_axis().

Parameters:

• dim (str) – Dimension name

• obj (xarray.DataArray, xarray.Dataset) – Data array that the dimension belongs to, to help inferring the type

• lower (bool) – For lower case

Returns:

str, None – Letter as one of x, y, z, t or f, if found, else None

See also

get_axis