Loading your data

The function open_boutdataset uses xarray & dask to collect BOUT++ data spread across multiple NetCDF files into one contiguous xarray dataset.

The data from a BOUT++ run can be loaded with just:

bd = open_boutdataset('./run_dir*/BOUT.dmp.*.nc', inputfilepath='./BOUT.inp')

open_boutdataset returns an instance of an xarray.Dataset which contains BOUT-specific information in the attrs, so represents a general structure for storing all of the output of a simulation, including data, input options and (soon) grid data.