pbp-plot now explicitly uses h5netcdf as engine

And new option `--engine name` allows to specify the engine to use

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 2024-08
 
+- 1.2.5 `pbp-plot` now explicitly uses `h5netcdf` when calling `xarray.open_dataset`. 
+  But a new option `--engine name` allows to specify the engine to use.
+
 - 1.2.3 `HmbGen` adjustments:
     - `check_parameters` now returns `str | None`, with string indicating any errors.
     - `process_date` now returns `ProcessDayResult | str`, with string indicating any errors. 

pbp/plot.py

@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ def parse_arguments():
         help="Only show the plot (do not generate .jpg files)",
     )
 
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--engine",
+        type=str,
+        metavar="name",
+        default="h5netcdf",
+        help="Engine given to xarray.open_dataset. Default: %(default)s",
+    )
+
     parser.add_argument("netcdf", nargs="+", help="netcdf file(s) to plot")
 
     return parser.parse_args()
@@ -93,7 +101,7 @@ def main():
     show = opts.show or opts.only_show
     for nc_filename in opts.netcdf:
         print(f"plotting {nc_filename} at {opts.dpi} dpi")
-        ds = xr.open_dataset(nc_filename)
+        ds = xr.open_dataset(nc_filename, engine=opts.engine)
         jpeg_filename = None if opts.only_show else nc_filename.replace(".nc", ".jpg")
         plot_dataset_summary(
             ds,

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "mbari-pbp"
-version = "1.2.4"
+version = "1.2.5"
 description = "PyPAM based Processing"
 authors = [
     "Carlos Rueda <carueda@mbari.org>",