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193226503 MDU6SXNzdWUxOTMyMjY1MDM= 1150 "ncdump -h" like repr? 10050469 closed 0     4 2016-12-02T21:51:36Z 2016-12-23T17:36:54Z 2016-12-23T17:36:54Z MEMBER      

Sometimes it could be useful to have a view of all variables attributes at a glance. For example, this is the repr for ERA-Interim energy fluxes data:

(...) Data variables: slhf (month, latitude, longitude) float64 0.02852 0.02852 0.02852 ... tsr (month, latitude, longitude) float64 -0.0001912 -0.0001912 ... strd (month, latitude, longitude) float64 166.6 166.6 166.6 166.6 ... strc (month, latitude, longitude) float64 -66.23 -66.23 -66.23 ... tisr (month, latitude, longitude) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... ssrd (month, latitude, longitude) float64 -0.0003951 -0.0003951 ... ssrc (month, latitude, longitude) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... str (month, latitude, longitude) float64 -40.65 -40.65 -40.65 ... ttr (month, latitude, longitude) float64 -171.5 -171.5 -171.5 ... tsrc (month, latitude, longitude) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... sshf (month, latitude, longitude) float64 10.46 10.46 10.46 10.46 ... ssr (month, latitude, longitude) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... ttrc (month, latitude, longitude) float64 -174.9 -174.9 -174.9 ... (...) This is what my students will see when they explore the dataset for the first time. It could be nice to have a utility function (e.g. dumph or something) which would have a style closer to ncdump -h:

(...) double ttr(month, latitude, longitude) ; ttr:least_significant_digit = 2L ; ttr:units = "J m**-2" ; ttr:long_name = "Top net thermal radiation" ; ttr:standard_name = "toa_outgoing_longwave_flux" ; double tsrc(month, latitude, longitude) ; tsrc:least_significant_digit = 2L ; tsrc:units = "J m**-2" ; tsrc:long_name = "Top net solar radiation, clear sky" ; double sshf(month, latitude, longitude) ; sshf:least_significant_digit = 2L ; sshf:units = "J m**-2" ; sshf:long_name = "Surface sensible heat flux" ; sshf:standard_name = "surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux" ; double ssr(month, latitude, longitude) ; ssr:least_significant_digit = 2L ; ssr:units = "J m**-2" ; ssr:long_name = "Surface net solar radiation" ; ssr:standard_name = "surface_net_downward_shortwave_flux" ; double ttrc(month, latitude, longitude) ; ttrc:least_significant_digit = 2L ; ttrc:units = "J m**-2" ; ttrc:long_name = "Top net thermal radiation, clear sky" ; (...)

Or is there something like this already?

 
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