xscape.utils.calculate_horizontal_gridsize

xscape.utils.calculate_horizontal_gridsize(var_da)

Calculates the horizontal pixel size of a gridded DataArray.

Automatically calculates the mean of the difference between gridpoints for both lat and lon and then averages those two values.

Parameters:

var_da (xr.DataArray) – Data array gridded in “lat” and “lon” coordinates. Coordinates must be in degrees.

Returns:

Calculated gridsize (in degrees)

Return type:

float