polaris.mpas.time_index_from_xtime

polaris.mpas.time_index_from_xtime(xtime, dt_target, start_xtime=None)[source]

Determine the time index closest to the target time

Parameters

  • xtime (numpy.ndarray of numpy.char) – Times in the dataset

  • dt_target (float) – Time in seconds since the first time in the list of xtime values

  • start_xtime (str, optional) – The start time, the first entry in xtime by default

Returns

time_index (int) – Index in xtime that is closest to dt_target