cf.Domain.axis_name

Domain.axis_name(axis=None, **kwargs)[source]

Return the canonical name for an axis.

Parameters:
axis, kwargs : optional

Select the axis which would be selected by this call of the domain’s axis method: d.axis(axis, **kwargs). See cf.Domain.axis for details.

Returns:
out : str

The canonical name for the axis.

Examples:
>>> d.axis_name('dim0')
'time'
>>> d.axis_name('dim1')
'domain%dim1'
>>> d.axis_name('dim2')
'ncdim%lat'

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