Load and/or create all model data that is subject to chunking.

Such data should not be stored under self, for memory reasons. The data returned here will automatically be chunked and then provided as part of the mdata object during calculations.

Parameters¶

algo: foxes.core.Algorithm

The calculation algorithm

cmap: dict

A mapping from foxes variable names to Dataset dimension names

variables: list of str

The variables to extract from the Dataset

bounds_extra_space: float, optional

The extra space in meters to add to the horizontal wind farm bounds

height_bounds: tuple, optional

The (h_min, h_max) height bounds in m. Defaults to H +/- 0.5*D

verbosity: int

The verbosity level, 0 = silent

Returns¶

idata: dict

The dict has exactly two entries: data_vars, a dict with entries name_str -> (dim_tuple, data_ndarray); and coords, a dict with entries dim_name_str -> dim_array