xarray.Dataset.merge

Dataset.merge(other, overwrite_vars=frozenset({}), compat='no_conflicts', join='outer', fill_value=<NA>, combine_attrs='override')

Merge the arrays of two datasets into a single dataset.

This method generally does not allow for overriding data, with the exception of attributes, which are ignored on the second dataset. Variables with the same name are checked for conflicts via the equals or identical methods.

Parameters

• other (Dataset or mapping) – Dataset or variables to merge with this dataset.

• overwrite_vars (hashable or iterable of hashable, optional) – If provided, update variables of these name(s) without checking for conflicts in this dataset.

• compat ({"identical", "equals", "broadcast_equals", "no_conflicts", "override", "minimal"}, default: "no_conflicts") – String indicating how to compare variables of the same name for potential conflicts:

  • ‘identical’: all values, dimensions and attributes must be the same.

  • ‘equals’: all values and dimensions must be the same.

  • ‘broadcast_equals’: all values must be equal when variables are broadcast against each other to ensure common dimensions.

  • ‘no_conflicts’: only values which are not null in both datasets must be equal. The returned dataset then contains the combination of all non-null values.

  • ‘override’: skip comparing and pick variable from first dataset

  • ‘minimal’: drop conflicting coordinates

• join ({"outer", "inner", "left", "right", "exact", "override"}, default: "outer") – Method for joining self and other along shared dimensions:

  • ‘outer’: use the union of the indexes

  • ‘inner’: use the intersection of the indexes

  • ‘left’: use indexes from self

  • ‘right’: use indexes from other

  • ‘exact’: error instead of aligning non-equal indexes

  • ‘override’: use indexes from self that are the same size as those of other in that dimension

• fill_value (scalar or dict-like, optional) – Value to use for newly missing values. If a dict-like, maps variable names (including coordinates) to fill values.

• combine_attrs ({"drop", "identical", "no_conflicts", "drop_conflicts", "override"} or callable(), default: "override") – A callable or a string indicating how to combine attrs of the objects being merged:

  • “drop”: empty attrs on returned Dataset.

  • “identical”: all attrs must be the same on every object.

  • “no_conflicts”: attrs from all objects are combined, any that have the same name must also have the same value.

  • “drop_conflicts”: attrs from all objects are combined, any that have the same name but different values are dropped.

  • “override”: skip comparing and copy attrs from the first dataset to the result.

  If a callable, it must expect a sequence of attrs dicts and a context object as its only parameters.

Returns

merged (Dataset) – Merged dataset.

Raises

MergeError – If any variables conflict (see compat).

See also

Dataset.update