xscape.utils.get_gridcenter_time

xscape.utils.get_gridcenter_time(dates, var_da)

Gets the nearest time coordinates in a grid for a series of datetime values.

Parameters:

• dates (pd.DataFrame) – DataFrame with a “time” column.

• var_da (xr.DataArray) – Gridded data array with a “time” dimension.

Returns:

A DataFrame equivalent to dates with the “time” column replaced with the closest available time in var_da for each datetime in dates. Any duplicate rows after the operation are dropped.

Return type:

pd.DataFrame

Raises:

AttributeError – If dates has no “time” column or if var_da has no “time” coordinate.