Classes of the cf module

Note

For versions 3.x (Python 3) documentation, see https://ncas-cms.github.io/cf-python

Field class

cf.Field A CF field construct.

Field component classes

cf.AuxiliaryCoordinate A CF auxiliary coordinate construct.
cf.CellMeasure A CF cell measure construct.
cf.CellMethods A CF cell methods object to describe the characteristic of a field that is represented by cell values.
cf.CoordinateReference A CF coordinate reference construct.
cf.DimensionCoordinate A CF dimension coordinate construct.
cf.DomainAncillary A CF domain ancillary construct.
cf.DomainAxis A CF domain axis construct.
cf.FieldAncillary A CF field ancillary construct.

Miscellaneous classes

cf.Data An N-dimensional data array with units and masked values.
cf.Datetime A date-time object which supports CF calendars.
cf.FieldList An ordered sequence of fields.
cf.Flags Self-describing CF flag values.
cf.Query Store a query operation.
cf.TimeDuration A duration of time.
cf.Units Store, combine and compare physical units and convert numeric values to different units.

Base classes

cf.Coordinate Base class for a CF dimension or auxiliary coordinate construct.
cf.Variable Base class for storing a data array with metadata.
cf.BoundedVariable Base class for CF dimension coordinate, auxiliary coordinate and domain ancillary objects.