Source code for pelagos_py.steps.quality_control.impossible_location_qc
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"""QC test to identify impossible locations in LATITUDE and LONGITUDE variables."""
#### Mandatory imports ####
from pelagos_py.steps.base_qc import BaseQC, register_qc, flag_cols
#### Custom imports ####
import polars as pl
import xarray as xr
import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
@register_qc
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class impossible_location_qc(BaseQC):
"""
Target Variable: LATITUDE, LONGITUDE
Flag Number: 4 (bad data)
Variables Flagged: LATITUDE, LONGITUDE
Checks that the latitude and longitude are valid.
"""
qc_name = "impossible location qc"
parameter_schema = {}
required_variables = ["LATITUDE", "LONGITUDE"]
qc_outputs = ["LATITUDE_QC", "LONGITUDE_QC"]
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def return_qc(self):
# Convert to polars
self.df = pl.from_pandas(
self.data[self.required_variables].to_dataframe(), nan_to_null=False
)
# Check LAT/LONG exist within expected bounds
# TODO: Add optional bounds via parameters (such as Southern Hemisphere, for example)
for label, bounds in zip(["LATITUDE", "LONGITUDE"], [(-90, 90), (-180, 180)]):
self.df = self.df.with_columns(
pl.when(pl.col(label).is_nan())
.then(9)
.when((pl.col(label) > bounds[0]) & (pl.col(label) < bounds[1]))
.then(1)
.otherwise(4)
.alias(f"{label}_QC")
)
# Convert back to xarray
flags = self.df.select(pl.col("^.*_QC$"))
self.flags = xr.Dataset(
data_vars={
col: ("N_MEASUREMENTS", flags[col].to_numpy()) for col in flags.columns
},
coords={"N_MEASUREMENTS": self.data["N_MEASUREMENTS"]},
)
return self.flags
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def plot_diagnostics(self):
matplotlib.use("tkagg")
fig, axs = plt.subplots(nrows=2, figsize=(8, 6), sharex=True, dpi=200)
for ax, var, bounds in zip(
axs, ["LATITUDE", "LONGITUDE"], [(-90, 90), (-180, 180)]
):
for i in range(10):
# Plot by flag number
plot_data = self.df.with_row_index().filter(pl.col(f"{var}_QC") == i)
if len(plot_data) == 0:
continue
# Plot the data
ax.plot(
plot_data["index"],
plot_data[var],
c=flag_cols[i],
ls="",
marker="o",
label=f"{i}",
)
ax.set(
xlabel="Index",
ylabel=var,
)
ax.legend(title="Flags", loc="upper right")
for bound in bounds:
ax.axhline(bound, ls="--", c="k")
fig.suptitle("Impossible Location Test")
fig.tight_layout()
plt.show(block=True)