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
[docs] 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"]
[docs] 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
[docs] 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)