Source code for pelagos_py.steps.quality_control.position_on_land_qc
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"""QC test that identifies glider positions not located on land and flags accordingly."""
#### Mandatory imports ####
from pelagos_py.steps.base_qc import BaseQC, register_qc
#### Custom imports ####
from geodatasets import get_path
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import shapely as sh
import numpy as np
import xarray as xr
import matplotlib
import geopandas
from pelagos_py.utils import fig_spec
@register_qc
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class position_on_land_qc(BaseQC):
"""
Target Variable: LATITUDE, LONGITUDE
Flag Number: 4 (bad data)
Variables Flagged: LATITUDE, LONGITUDE
Checks that the measurement location is not on land.
"""
qc_name = "position on land qc"
parameter_schema = {}
required_variables = ["LATITUDE", "LONGITUDE"]
qc_outputs = ["LATITUDE_QC", "LONGITUDE_QC"]
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def return_qc(self):
# Concat the polygons into a MultiPolygon object
self.world = geopandas.read_file(get_path("naturalearth.land"))
land_polygons = sh.ops.unary_union(self.world.geometry)
# Check if lat, long coords fall within the area of the land polygons
lon, lat = self.data["LONGITUDE"].values, self.data["LATITUDE"].values
on_land = sh.contains_xy(land_polygons, lon, lat)
qc = np.where(np.isnan(lon) | np.isnan(lat), 9, np.where(on_land, 4, 1))
# The same flags go on LATITUDE as well.
self.flags = xr.Dataset(
data_vars={
"LONGITUDE_QC": ("N_MEASUREMENTS", qc),
"LATITUDE_QC": ("N_MEASUREMENTS", qc.copy()),
},
coords={"N_MEASUREMENTS": self.data["N_MEASUREMENTS"]},
)
return self.flags
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def plot_diagnostics(self):
matplotlib.use("tkagg")
fig, axes = fig_spec.new_fig()
ax = axes[0][0]
# Plot land boundaries
self.world.plot(ax=ax, facecolor="lightgray", edgecolor="black", alpha=0.3)
fig_spec.flag_points(
ax, self.data["LONGITUDE"].values, self.data["LATITUDE"].values,
self.flags["LATITUDE_QC"].values,
)
fig_spec.style_axes(
ax,
xlabel=fig_spec.axis_label("LONGITUDE", self.data["LONGITUDE"].attrs.get("units")),
ylabel=fig_spec.axis_label("LATITUDE", self.data["LATITUDE"].attrs.get("units")),
)
fig_spec.legend(ax, title="Flags")
fig_spec.finish(fig, suptitle="Position On Land Test")
plt.show(block=True)