Source code for improver.metadata.forecast_times

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"""Utilities to manipulate forecast time coordinates"""

import warnings

import iris
import numpy as np
from cf_units import Unit
from iris.exceptions import CoordinateNotFoundError

from improver.metadata.constants.time_types import (
    TIME_INTERVAL_DTYPE, TIME_INTERVAL_UNIT, TIME_REFERENCE_UNIT)
from improver.utilities.cube_manipulation import build_coordinate
from improver.utilities.temporal import cycletime_to_datetime


[docs]def forecast_period_coord(cube, force_lead_time_calculation=False): """ Return the lead time coordinate (forecast_period) from a cube, either by reading an existing forecast_period coordinate, or by calculating the difference between time and forecast_reference_time. Args: cube (iris.cube.Cube): Cube from which the lead times will be determined. force_lead_time_calculation (bool): Force the lead time to be calculated from the forecast_reference_time and the time coordinate, even if the forecast_period coordinate exists. Default is False. Returns: iris.coords.Coord: New forecast_period coord. A DimCoord is returned if the forecast_period coord is already present in the cube as a DimCoord and this coord does not need changing, otherwise it will be an AuxCoord. """ create_dim_coord = False if cube.coords("forecast_period"): if isinstance(cube.coord("forecast_period"), iris.coords.DimCoord): create_dim_coord = True if cube.coords("forecast_period") and not force_lead_time_calculation: result_coord = cube.coord("forecast_period").copy() elif cube.coords("time") and cube.coords("forecast_reference_time"): # Try to calculate forecast period from forecast reference time and # time coordinates result_coord = _calculate_forecast_period( cube.coord("time"), cube.coord("forecast_reference_time"), dim_coord=create_dim_coord) else: msg = ("The forecast period coordinate is not available within {}." "The time coordinate and forecast_reference_time " "coordinate were also not available for calculating " "the forecast_period.".format(cube)) raise CoordinateNotFoundError(msg) return result_coord
[docs]def _calculate_forecast_period(time_coord, frt_coord, dim_coord=False): """ Calculate a forecast period from existing time and forecast reference time coordinates. Args: time_coord (iris.coords.Coord): Time coordinate frt_coord (iris.coords.Coord): Forecast reference coordinate dim_coord (bool): If true, create an iris.coords.DimCoord instance. Default is to create an iris.coords.AuxCoord. Returns: iris.coords.Coord: Forecast period coordinate corresponding to the input times and forecast reference times specified Warns: UserWarning: If any calculated forecast periods are negative """ # use cell() access method to get datetime.datetime instances time_points = np.array([c.point for c in time_coord.cells()]) forecast_reference_time_points = np.array( [c.point for c in frt_coord.cells()]) required_lead_times = ( time_points - forecast_reference_time_points) required_lead_times = np.array( [x.total_seconds() for x in required_lead_times]) if time_coord.bounds is not None: time_bounds = np.array([c.bound for c in time_coord.cells()]) required_lead_time_bounds = ( time_bounds - forecast_reference_time_points) required_lead_time_bounds = np.array( [[b.total_seconds() for b in x] for x in required_lead_time_bounds]) else: required_lead_time_bounds = None coord_type = iris.coords.DimCoord if dim_coord else iris.coords.AuxCoord result_coord = coord_type( required_lead_times, standard_name='forecast_period', bounds=required_lead_time_bounds, units="seconds") result_coord.convert_units(TIME_INTERVAL_UNIT) result_coord.points = result_coord.points.astype(TIME_INTERVAL_DTYPE) if result_coord.bounds is not None: result_coord.bounds = result_coord.bounds.astype(TIME_INTERVAL_DTYPE) if np.any(result_coord.points < 0): msg = ("The values for the time {} and " "forecast_reference_time {} coordinates from the " "input cube have produced negative values for the " "forecast_period. A forecast does not generate " "values in the past.").format(time_coord.points, frt_coord.points) warnings.warn(msg) return result_coord
[docs]def rebadge_forecasts_as_latest_cycle(cubes, cycletime=None): """ Function to update the forecast_reference_time and forecast_period on a list of input forecasts to match either a given cycletime, or the most recent forecast in the list (proxy for the current cycle). Args: cubes (iris.cube.CubeList or list of iris.cube.Cube): Cubes that will have their forecast_reference_time and forecast_period updated. cycletime (str or None): Required forecast reference time in a YYYYMMDDTHHMMZ format e.g. 20171122T0100Z. If None, the latest forecast reference time is used. Returns: iris.cube.CubeList: Updated cubes """ if cycletime is None and len(cubes) == 1: return cubes cycle_datetime = (find_latest_cycletime(cubes) if cycletime is None else cycletime_to_datetime(cycletime)) return unify_cycletime(cubes, cycle_datetime)
[docs]def unify_cycletime(cubes, cycletime): """ Function to unify the forecast_reference_time and update forecast_period. The cycletime specified is used as the forecast_reference_time, and the forecast_period is recalculated using the time coordinate and updated forecast_reference_time. Args: cubes (iris.cube.CubeList or list of iris.cube.Cube): Cubes that will have their forecast_reference_time and forecast_period updated. Any bounds on the forecast_reference_time coordinate will be discarded. cycletime (datetime.datetime): Datetime for the cycletime that will be used to replace the forecast_reference_time on the individual cubes. Returns: iris.cube.CubeList: Updated cubes Raises: ValueError: if forecast_reference_time is a dimension coordinate """ result_cubes = iris.cube.CubeList([]) for cube in cubes: cube = cube.copy() frt_units = cube.coord('forecast_reference_time').units frt_type = cube.coord('forecast_reference_time').dtype new_frt_units = Unit(TIME_REFERENCE_UNIT) frt_points = np.round( [new_frt_units.date2num(cycletime)]).astype(frt_type) frt_coord = build_coordinate( frt_points, standard_name="forecast_reference_time", bounds=None, template_coord=cube.coord('forecast_reference_time'), units=new_frt_units) frt_coord.convert_units(frt_units) frt_coord.points = frt_coord.points.astype(frt_type) cube.remove_coord("forecast_reference_time") cube.add_aux_coord(frt_coord, data_dims=None) # Update the forecast period for consistency within each cube if cube.coords("forecast_period"): cube.remove_coord("forecast_period") fp_coord = forecast_period_coord( cube, force_lead_time_calculation=True) cube.add_aux_coord(fp_coord, data_dims=cube.coord_dims("time")) result_cubes.append(cube) return result_cubes
[docs]def find_latest_cycletime(cubelist): """ Find the latest cycletime from the cubes in a cubelist and convert it into a datetime object. Args: cubelist (iris.cube.CubeList or list of iris.cube.Cube): A list of cubes each containing single time step from different forecast cycles. Returns: datetime.datetime: A datetime object corresponding to the latest forecast reference time in the input cubelist. """ # Get cycle time as latest forecast reference time if any([cube.coord_dims("forecast_reference_time") for cube in cubelist]): raise ValueError( "Expecting scalar forecast_reference_time for each input " "cube - cannot replace a dimension coordinate") frt_coord = cubelist[0].coord("forecast_reference_time").copy() for cube in cubelist: next_coord = cube.coord("forecast_reference_time").copy() next_coord.convert_units(frt_coord.units) if next_coord.points[0] > frt_coord.points[0]: frt_coord = next_coord cycletime, = frt_coord.units.num2date(frt_coord.points) return cycletime