Quickstart¶
intake-xarray
provides quick and easy access to stored in xarray files.
Installation¶
To use this plugin for intake, install with the following command:
conda install -c intake intake-xarray
Usage¶
Ad-hoc¶
After installation, the functions intake.open_netcdf
and intake.open_zarr
will become available. They can be used to open xarray
datasets.
Creating Catalog Entries¶
To include in a catalog, the plugin must be listed in the plugins of the catalog:
plugins:
source:
- module: intake_xarray
and entries must specify driver: netcdf
or driver: zarr
.
The zarr-based plugin allows access to remote data stores (s3 and gcs), settings
relevant to those should be passed in using the parameter storage_options
.