xarray.tutorial.open_dataset#

xarray.tutorial.open_dataset(name, cache=True, cache_dir=None, *, engine=None, **kws)[source]#

Open a dataset from the online repository (requires internet).

If a local copy is found then always use that to avoid network traffic.

Available datasets:

"air_temperature": NCEP reanalysis subset
"air_temperature_gradient": NCEP reanalysis subset with approximate x,y gradients
"basin_mask": Dataset with ocean basins marked using integers
"ASE_ice_velocity": MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Ice Velocity of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica, Version 1
"rasm": Output of the Regional Arctic System Model (RASM)
"ROMS_example": Regional Ocean Model System (ROMS) output
"tiny": small synthetic dataset with a 1D data variable
"era5-2mt-2019-03-uk.grib": ERA5 temperature data over the UK
"eraint_uvz": data from ERA-Interim reanalysis, monthly averages of upper level data
"ersstv5": NOAA’s Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature monthly averages

Parameters:

name (str) – Name of the file containing the dataset. e.g. ‘air_temperature’
cache_dir (path-like, optional) – The directory in which to search for and write cached data.
cache (bool, optional) – If True, then cache data locally for use on subsequent calls
**kws (dict, optional) – Passed to xarray.open_dataset