Github user kwhitehall commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/climate/pull/194#discussion_r29371122
--- Diff: ocw/data_source/local.py ---
@@ -109,6 +111,61 @@ def _get_netcdf_variable_name(valid_var_names, netcdf,
netcdf_var):
)
raise ValueError(error)
+def load_merra_3d_files(file_path,
+ filename_pattern,
+ variable_name,
+ name='',
+ latitude_range=None,
+ longitude_range=None):
+ ''' Load multiple MERRA reanalysis HDF files whose file names have
common patterns into a Dataset.
+ The dataset can be spatially subset.
+ :param file_path: Directory to the NetCDF file to load.
+ :type file_path: :mod:`string`
+ :param filename_pattern: Path to the NetCDF file to load.
+ :type filename_pattern: :list:`string`
+ :param variable_name: The variable name to load from the NetCDF file.
+ :type variable_name: :mod:`string`
+ :param name: (Optional) A name for the loaded dataset.
+ :type name: :mod:`string`
+ :param latitude_range: (Optional) minimum and maximum latitudes for
spatial subsetting
+ :type name: :list:float ex) [-30, 20]
+ :param longitude_range: (Optional) minimum and maximum longitudes
(Western and eastern boundaries) for spatial subsetting
+ :type name: :list:float ex) [-170, 60]
+ :returns: An OCW Dataset object with the requested variable's data from
+ the NetCDF file.
+ :rtype: :class:`dataset.Dataset`
+ :raises ValueError:
+ '''
+
+ merra_files = []
+ for pattern in filename_pattern:
+ merra_files.extend(glob(file_path + pattern))
+ merra_files.sort()
--- End diff --
@huikyole you can save on this for loop with the following one liner
merra_files=glob.glob(file_path+'/'+filename_pattern+'*')
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