wrf.latlon_coordvars

wrf.latlon_coordvars(ncvars)

Return the first found latitude and longitude coordinate names from a NetCDF variable dictionary.

This function searches the dictionary structure for NetCDF variables and returns the first found latitude and longitude coordinate names (typically ‘XLAT’ and ‘XLONG’).

Parameters:ncvars (dict) – A NetCDF variable dictionary object. Returns:The latitude and longitude coordinate name pairs as (lat_coord_name, lon_coord_name). Return type:tuple