GLOBCOVER

default_vars(product_name, req_vars)

Given a product_name and a list of requested variables, returns a dictionary with metadata on which exact layers need to be requested from the server, how they should be renamed, and how their dimensions are defined.

Parameters

• product_name (str) – Name of the product.

• req_vars (list) – List of variables to be collected.

Returns

Metadata on which exact layers need to be requested from the server.

Return type

dict

default_post_processors(product_name, req_vars)

Given a product_name and a list of requested variables, returns a dictionary with a list of functions per variable that should be applied after having collected the data from a server.

Parameters

• product_name (str) – Name of the product.

• req_vars (list) – List of variables to be collected.

Returns

Functions per variable that should be applied to the variable.

Return type

dict

url_func(product_name)

Returns a url at which to collect GLOBCOVER data.

Parameters

product_name (None) – Not used.

Returns

The url.

Return type

str

download(folder, latlim, lonlim, product_name, req_vars=['lulc'], variables=None, post_processors=None, **kwargs)

Download GLOBCOVER data and store it in a single netCDF file.

Parameters

• folder (str) – Path to folder in which to store results.

• latlim (list) – Latitude limits of area of interest.

• lonlim (list) – Longitude limits of area of interest.

• timelim (list) – Period for which to prepare data.

• product_name (str, optional) – Name of the product to download, by default “P05”.

• req_vars (list, optional) – Which variables to download for the selected product, by default [“p”].

• variables (dict, optional) – Metadata on which exact layers need to be requested from the server, by default None.

• post_processors (dict, optional) – Functions per variable that should be applied to the variable, by default None.

Returns

Downloaded data.

Return type

xr.Dataset