cfdm.FieldAncillary.identities

FieldAncillary.identities()[source]

Return all possible identities.

The identities comprise:

  • The standard_name property.

  • All properties, preceded by the property name and a colon, e.g. 'long_name:Air temperature'.

  • The netCDF variable name, preceded by 'ncvar%'.

New in version (cfdm): 1.7.0

See also

identity

Returns
list

The identities.

Examples:

>>> f.properties()
{'foo': 'bar',
 'long_name': 'Air Temperature',
 'standard_name': 'air_temperature'}
>>> f.nc_get_variable()
'tas'
>>> f.identities()
['air_temperature',
 'long_name=Air Temperature',
 'foo=bar',
 'standard_name=air_temperature',
 'ncvar%tas']