urbanplot 0.1.3

Urban-scale climate visualization and ICON model plotting framework

UrbanPlot

UrbanPlot is a Python-based visualization and analysis framework for urban-scale climate data, with a focus on ICON model outputs and observational datasets.

It provides a configurable pipeline for:

• reading and harmonizing climate datasets
• computing statistics and differences
• generating publication-quality maps with geographic context (OpenStreetMap)
• producing multi-panel comparison plots

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Features

• ICON model + reference dataset comparison (e.g. E-OBS)
• Flexible configuration system (main + icon + OSM/layout configs)
• High-quality cartographic visualization (Cartopy + OSMnx)
• Multi-panel plots (MODEL / OBS / DIFF)
• Automatic runtime directory management
• CLI-based workflow

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Installation

From PyPI

pip install urbanplot

From TestPyPI (development)

pip install \
  --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ \
  --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple \
  urbanplot

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Quick Start

1. Create a working directory

mkdir run_case
cd run_case

2. Generate default configs

urbanplot --init-configs

This creates:

main_config.py
icon_maps.py
osm_maps.py

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3. Provide input data

Place your data inside:

DATA/

Example:

DATA/eobs_v28/rr_ens_mean_*.nc
DATA/out03_1km/*.nc

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4. Run the pipeline

urbanplot \
  --config main_config.py \
  --config-icon icon_maps.py \
  --config-osm osm_maps.py

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Project Structure (runtime)

After execution:

run_case/
├── DATA/
├── FIGURES/
├── LOGS/
├── cache/

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Configuration System

UrbanPlot uses three configuration layers:

1. Main config (main_config.py)

Controls:

• data paths
• variable selection
• processing pipeline
• plotting metadata

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2. ICON config (icon_maps.py)

Controls:

• colorbars
• colormaps
• triangular grid rendering

Example:

CONFIG = {
    "tripcolor_setting": {
        "shading": "gouraud"
    }
}

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3. OSM/Layout config (osm_maps.py)

Controls:

• map layout
• OpenStreetMap layers
• legend, scalebar, styling

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Command Line Interface

urbanplot --help

Main options

--config            Path to main config
--config-icon       Path to ICON config
--config-osm        Path to OSM/layout config

--init-configs      Generate all config templates
--init-main-config  Generate main config only
--init-icon-config  Generate ICON config only
--init-osm-config   Generate OSM config only

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Typical Workflow

urbanplot --init-configs
# edit configs
urbanplot --config main_config.py

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Dependencies

UrbanPlot relies on:

• numpy
• xarray
• scipy
• Cartopy
• OSMnx
• xclim
• netCDF4 / h5netcdf

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Development

Clone repository:

git clone https://gitlab.dkrz.de/clm-community/public/evasuite-addons/evasuite_urbanplots
cd evasuite_urbanplots
pip install -e .

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License

Apache-2.0

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Authors

KIT / IMKTRO Climate modelling group

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Notes

• Runtime directories (DATA, FIGURES, LOGS, cache) are created automatically.
• Configuration files are user-defined and not part of the package.
• Designed for scientific workflows and HPC environments.

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