Converting FieldSets to xarray

[VeckoTheGecko]

I know parcels has functions for reading xarray datasets/netcdf datasets into fieldsets, however is there functionality to export fieldsets to xarray/netcdf?

At the moment I'm wanting to place particles based on some fields in the fieldset (eg. distance to coastline). I feel that exporting the fieldset would be really handy in order to inspect the fieldset using xarray without having to reconstruct it outside of parcels (re-adding the fields together etc), so that I can use it to determine my particleset.

[erikvansebille]

Yes, that exists. FieldSet.write(filename) and Field.write(filename), see https://oceanparcels.org/gh-pages/html/#parcels.fieldset.FieldSet.write