huracanpy.tc.pressure_category

huracanpy.tc.pressure_category(slp, convention='Klotzbach', slp_units=None)

Determine the pressure category according to selected convention.

Parameters:

• slp (xarray.DataArray) – Minimum Sea-level Pressure series in hPa

• convention (str) –

  Name of the classification convention you want to use.

  • Klotzbach (default)

  • Simpson

• slp_units (str, default="hPa") – The units of the input array if they are not already provided by the attributes

Returns:

The category series. You can append it to your tracks by running tracks[“cat”] = get_pressure_cat(tracks.slp)

Return type:

xarray.DataArray