Classes of the `cf` module¶

Field class¶

cf.Field A field construct according to the CF data model.

`cf.AncillaryVariables`	A sequence of ancillary variable fields stored in a list-like object.
`cf.CellMeasure`	A CF cell measure construct containing information that is needed
`cf.CellMethods`	A CF cell methods object to describe the characteristic of a field
`cf.Coordinate`	A CF dimension or auxiliary coordinate construct.
`cf.CoordinateBounds`	A CF coordinate’s bounds object containing cell boundaries or
`cf.Data`	An N-dimensional data array with units and masked values.
`cf.Domain`	Completely describe a field’s coordinate system (domain).
`cf.Flags`	Self-describing CF flag values.
`cf.Transform`	A CF transform construct.
`cf.Units`	Store, combine and compare physical units and convert numeric values to different units.

`cf.Comparison`	A cmparison operation.
`cf.CoordinateList`	An ordered sequence of coordinates stored in a list-like object.
`cf.FieldList`	An ordered sequence of fields stored in a list-like object.

`cf.Partition`	A partition of a partition matrix.
`cf.PartitionMatrix`	A partition matrix.

`cf.CfDict`	A dictionary-like object with attributes.
`cf.CfList`	A list-like object with attributes.
`cf.Variable`	Base class for storing a data array with metadata.
`cf.VariableList`	An ordered sequence of variables stored in a list-like object.

The classes defined by the cf package inherit as follows:

This inheritance diagram shows, for example:

A cf.Field object and a cf.Coordinate both have all of the features of a cf.Variable object, e.g. they may have a data array and CF attributes.
A cf.FieldList object is an iterable [1] which supports efficient element access using integer indices and defines a len method that returns the length of the sequence.
A cf.Domain object supports arbitrary, hashable key lookups and implements dictionary-like methods, such as pop.

Footnotes

[1]	An object capable of returning its members one at a time.