cf.Domain.axis_name

Domain.axis_name(axes=None, **kwargs)

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'