sdf-xarray

sdf-xarray provides a backend for xarray to read SDF files as created by the EPOCH plasma PIC code.

sdf-xarray uses the SDF-C library.

Getting Started

• Installation
• Why use sdf-xarray?

User Guide

• Loading SDF Files
• Exploring and Manipulating Data
• Unit Conversion
• Animations

EPOCH Workshop 2026

• Workshop Details
  • Live Demo
• Plots
  • Plot 1D Density
  • Plot 1D Poynting Flux
  • Plot 2D Density
  • Plot 2D Distribution Function Multispecies
  • Plot 2D Poynting Flux
  • Plot Time vs Temperature
  • Plot X vs Px Scatter
• Animations
  • Animate Density 1D
  • Animate Poynting Flux 1D
  • Animate Distribution Function Multi-Species 2D
  • Animate Poynting Flux 2D
• Histograms
  • Plot Histogram Kinetic Energy Probes
  • Plot Histogram Kinetic Energy
  • Plot Histogram Electron Momentum

Development

• Known Issues
• Contributing

Reference

• sdf_xarray
  • sdf_xarray.combine_datasets
  • sdf_xarray.make_time_dims
  • sdf_xarray.open_dataset
  • sdf_xarray.open_datatree
  • sdf_xarray.open_mfdataset
  • sdf_xarray.open_mfdatatree
  • sdf_xarray.purge_unselected_data_vars
  • sdf_xarray.resolve_paths
  • sdf_xarray.SDFBackendArray
  • sdf_xarray.SDFDataStore
  • sdf_xarray.SDFEntrypoint
  • sdf_xarray.SDFPreprocess
  • sdf_xarray.XrTUIEntrpoint
  • sdf_xarray.sdf_interface
  • sdf_xarray.dataarray_accessor
  • sdf_xarray.dataset_accessor
  • sdf_xarray.download
  • sdf_xarray.plotting

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page