datatree.DataTree.to_netcdf#

DataTree.to_netcdf(filepath, mode: str = 'w', encoding=None, unlimited_dims=None, **kwargs)[source][source]#

Write datatree contents to a netCDF file.

Parameters

filepath (str or Path) – Path to which to save this datatree.
mode ({"w", "a"}, default: "w") – Write (‘w’) or append (‘a’) mode. If mode=’w’, any existing file at this location will be overwritten. If mode=’a’, existing variables will be overwritten. Only appies to the root group.
encoding (dict, optional) – Nested dictionary with variable names as keys and dictionaries of variable specific encodings as values, e.g., {"root/set1": {"my_variable": {"dtype": "int16", "scale_factor": 0.1, "zlib": True}, ...}, ...}. See xarray.Dataset.to_netcdf for available options.
unlimited_dims (dict, optional) – Mapping of unlimited dimensions per group that that should be serialized as unlimited dimensions. By default, no dimensions are treated as unlimited dimensions. Note that unlimited_dims may also be set via dataset.encoding["unlimited_dims"].
kwargs – Addional keyword arguments to be passed to xarray.Dataset.to_netcdf