healpix_index

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Created: 3 Dec 2025
Proposer: David Hassell
Proposed Date: 2025-10-02
Change Date: 3 Dec 2025, 4:07 a.m.
healpix_index
Change Date: 3 Dec 2025, 4:08 a.m.
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HEALPix (Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelation of a sphere) indices indicate the location of HEALPix cells in latitude and longitude, including their cell bounds. The relationship between HEALPix indices and latitude and longitude is described by the grid_mapping variable with a grid_mapping_name of "healpix", that must be attached to the data variable as described in Chapter 5.6 of the CF Convention. A HEALPix index variable must have an integer data type.
Change Date: 3 Dec 2025, 4:10 a.m.
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HEALPix (Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelation of a sphere) indices indicate the location of HEALPix cells in latitude and longitude, including their cell bounds. The relationship between HEALPix indices and latitude and longitude is described by the grid_mapping variable with a grid_mapping_name of "healpix", that must be attached to the data variable as described in Chapter 5.6 of the CF Convention. A HEALPix index variable must have an integer data type.

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