xarray.Dataset.drop_vars#

Dataset.drop_vars(names, *, errors='raise')[source]#

Drop variables from this dataset.

Parameters:

  • names (Hashable or iterable of Hashable or Callable) – Name(s) of variables to drop. If a Callable, this object is passed as its only argument and its result is used.

  • errors ({"raise", "ignore"}, default: "raise") – If ‘raise’, raises a ValueError error if any of the variable passed are not in the dataset. If ‘ignore’, any given names that are in the dataset are dropped and no error is raised.

Returns:

dropped (Dataset)

Raises:

ValueError – Raised if you attempt to drop a variable which is not present, and the kwarg errors='raise'.

See also

DataArray.drop_vars

Examples

>>> dataset = xr.Dataset(
...     {
...         "temperature": (
...             ["time", "latitude", "longitude"],
...             [[[25.5, 26.3], [27.1, 28.0]]],
...         ),
...         "humidity": (
...             ["time", "latitude", "longitude"],
...             [[[65.0, 63.8], [58.2, 59.6]]],
...         ),
...         "wind_speed": (
...             ["time", "latitude", "longitude"],
...             [[[10.2, 8.5], [12.1, 9.8]]],
...         ),
...     },
...     coords={
...         "time": pd.date_range("2023-07-01", periods=1),
...         "latitude": [40.0, 40.2],
...         "longitude": [-75.0, -74.8],
...     },
... )
>>> dataset
<xarray.Dataset> Size: 136B
Dimensions:      (time: 1, latitude: 2, longitude: 2)
Coordinates:
  * time         (time) datetime64[us] 8B 2023-07-01
  * latitude     (latitude) float64 16B 40.0 40.2
  * longitude    (longitude) float64 16B -75.0 -74.8
Data variables:
    temperature  (time, latitude, longitude) float64 32B 25.5 26.3 27.1 28.0
    humidity     (time, latitude, longitude) float64 32B 65.0 63.8 58.2 59.6
    wind_speed   (time, latitude, longitude) float64 32B 10.2 8.5 12.1 9.8

Drop the ‘humidity’ variable

>>> dataset.drop_vars(["humidity"])
<xarray.Dataset> Size: 104B
Dimensions:      (time: 1, latitude: 2, longitude: 2)
Coordinates:
  * time         (time) datetime64[us] 8B 2023-07-01
  * latitude     (latitude) float64 16B 40.0 40.2
  * longitude    (longitude) float64 16B -75.0 -74.8
Data variables:
    temperature  (time, latitude, longitude) float64 32B 25.5 26.3 27.1 28.0
    wind_speed   (time, latitude, longitude) float64 32B 10.2 8.5 12.1 9.8

Drop the ‘humidity’, ‘temperature’ variables

>>> dataset.drop_vars(["humidity", "temperature"])
<xarray.Dataset> Size: 72B
Dimensions:     (time: 1, latitude: 2, longitude: 2)
Coordinates:
  * time        (time) datetime64[us] 8B 2023-07-01
  * latitude    (latitude) float64 16B 40.0 40.2
  * longitude   (longitude) float64 16B -75.0 -74.8
Data variables:
    wind_speed  (time, latitude, longitude) float64 32B 10.2 8.5 12.1 9.8

Drop all indexes

>>> dataset.drop_vars(lambda x: x.indexes)
<xarray.Dataset> Size: 96B
Dimensions:      (time: 1, latitude: 2, longitude: 2)
Dimensions without coordinates: time, latitude, longitude
Data variables:
    temperature  (time, latitude, longitude) float64 32B 25.5 26.3 27.1 28.0
    humidity     (time, latitude, longitude) float64 32B 65.0 63.8 58.2 59.6
    wind_speed   (time, latitude, longitude) float64 32B 10.2 8.5 12.1 9.8

Attempt to drop non-existent variable with errors=”ignore”

>>> dataset.drop_vars(["pressure"], errors="ignore")
<xarray.Dataset> Size: 136B
Dimensions:      (time: 1, latitude: 2, longitude: 2)
Coordinates:
  * time         (time) datetime64[us] 8B 2023-07-01
  * latitude     (latitude) float64 16B 40.0 40.2
  * longitude    (longitude) float64 16B -75.0 -74.8
Data variables:
    temperature  (time, latitude, longitude) float64 32B 25.5 26.3 27.1 28.0
    humidity     (time, latitude, longitude) float64 32B 65.0 63.8 58.2 59.6
    wind_speed   (time, latitude, longitude) float64 32B 10.2 8.5 12.1 9.8

Attempt to drop non-existent variable with errors=”raise”

>>> dataset.drop_vars(["pressure"], errors="raise")
Traceback (most recent call last):
ValueError: These variables cannot be found in this dataset: ['pressure']
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