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Python wrapper of BitInformation.jl to easily compress xarray datasets based on their information content

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xbitinfo: Retrieve information content and compress accordingly

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This is an xarray-wrapper around BitInformation.jl to retrieve and apply bitrounding from within python. The package intends to present an easy pipeline to compress (climate) datasets based on the real information content.

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Klöwer, M., Razinger, M., Dominguez, J. J., Düben, P. D., & Palmer, T. N. (2021). Compressing atmospheric data into its real information content. Nature Computational Science, 1(11), 713–724. doi: 10/gnm4jj

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BitInformation.jl

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Preferred installation

conda install -c conda-forge xbitinfo

Alternative installation

pip install xbitinfo # ensure to install julia manually

How to use

import xarray as xr
import xbitinfo as xb
example_dataset = 'eraint_uvz'
ds = xr.tutorial.load_dataset(example_dataset)
bitinfo = xb.get_bitinformation(ds, dim="longitude")  # calling bitinformation.jl.bitinformation
keepbits = xb.get_keepbits(bitinfo, inflevel=0.99)  # get number of mantissa bits to keep for 99% real information
ds_bitrounded = xb.xr_bitround(ds, keepbits)  # bitrounding keeping only keepbits mantissa bits
ds_bitrounded.to_compressed_netcdf(outpath)  # save to netcdf with compression

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