argopy.ArgoFloat.open_dataset

ArgoFloat.open_dataset(name: str = 'prof', cast: bool = True, **kwargs) → Dataset

Open and decode a dataset file

The dataset is fetched and loaded in memory on every call. For performances, please consider using the ArgoFloat.dataset() method instead.

Parameters:

• name (str, optional, default = "prof") – Name of the dataset to open. It can be any key from the dictionary returned by ArgoFloat.ls_datasets.

• cast (bool, optional, default = True) – Determine if the dataset variables should be cast or not. This is similar to opening the dataset directly with xarray.open_dataset using the engine=`argo` option. This will be ignored if the ``netCDF4` kwarg is set to True.

• **kwargs – All the other arguments are passed to the GDAC store open_dataset method.

Return type:

xarray.Dataset

Notes

Use the netCDF4=True option to return a netCDF4.Dataset object instead of a xarray.Dataset.