cf.Field.name

Field.name(long_name=False, ncvar=False, default=None)

Return a name for the variable.

Returns the standard_name, long_name (if requested) or netCDF variable name (if requested), whichever it finds first, otherwise returns a default name.

Parameters :

long_name : bool, optional

If True, return the long_name if standard_name does not exist.

ncvar : bool, optional

If True, return ncvar if neither the standard_name nor long_name has already been returned.

default : str, optional

Return default if neither standard_name, long_name nor ncvar has already been returned.

Returns :

name : str

The name of the variable.