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

#### Custom imports ####
import numpy as np
import xarray as xr
import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from pelagos_py.utils import fig_spec


@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): # Check LAT/LONG exist within expected bounds # TODO: Add optional bounds via parameters (such as Southern Hemisphere, for example) flags = {} for label, bounds in zip(["LATITUDE", "LONGITUDE"], [(-90, 90), (-180, 180)]): values = self.data[label].values in_bounds = (values > bounds[0]) & (values < bounds[1]) flags[f"{label}_QC"] = np.where(np.isnan(values), 9, np.where(in_bounds, 1, 4)) self.flags = xr.Dataset( data_vars={col: ("N_MEASUREMENTS", qc) for col, qc in flags.items()}, coords={"N_MEASUREMENTS": self.data["N_MEASUREMENTS"]}, ) return self.flags
[docs] def plot_diagnostics(self): matplotlib.use("tkagg") index = np.arange(self.data.sizes["N_MEASUREMENTS"]) fig, axes = fig_spec.new_fig(nrows=2, sharex=True) for ax, var, bounds in zip( axes[:, 0], ["LATITUDE", "LONGITUDE"], [(-90, 90), (-180, 180)] ): fig_spec.flag_points(ax, index, self.data[var].values, self.flags[f"{var}_QC"].values) ylabel = fig_spec.axis_label(var, self.data[var].attrs.get("units")) fig_spec.style_axes(ax, xlabel="Index", ylabel=ylabel) fig_spec.legend(ax, title="Flags") for bound in bounds: ax.axhline(bound, ls="--", c="k") fig_spec.finish(fig, suptitle="Impossible Location Test") plt.show(block=True)