xarray: create 2d dataset
In [1]: data = np.random.rand(4, 3)
In [2]: locs = ['IA', 'IL', 'IN']
In [3]: times = pd.date_range('2000-01-01', periods=4)
In [4]: foo = xr.DataArray(data, coords=[times, locs], dims=['time', 'space'])
In [5]: foo
Out[5]:
<xarray.DataArray (time: 4, space: 3)>
array([[0.127, 0.967, 0.26 ],
[0.897, 0.377, 0.336],
[0.451, 0.84 , 0.123],
[0.543, 0.373, 0.448]])
Coordinates:
* time (time) datetime64[ns] 2000-01-01 2000-01-02 2000-01-03 2000-01-04
* space (space) <U2 'IA' 'IL' 'IN'