dctools.utilities.xarray_utils.filter_spatial_area

dctools.utilities.xarray_utils.filter_spatial_area(ds, lat_min, lat_max, lon_min, lon_max)

Filters an xarray Dataset to only include data within a specified spatial area.

Parameters:

• ds (xr.Dataset) – Input dataset containing latitude and longitude coordinates.

• lat_min (float) – Minimum latitude.

• lat_max (float) – Maximum latitude.

• lon_min (float) – Minimum longitude.

• lon_max (float) – Maximum longitude.

Returns:

A filtered dataset containing only data within the specified spatial area. Returns None if no data is within the area.

Return type:

xr.Dataset