xarray.Dataset.to_dict

Dataset.to_dict(data=True)[source]

Convert this dataset to a dictionary following xarray naming conventions.

Converts all variables and attributes to native Python objects Useful for converting to json. To avoid datetime incompatibility use decode_times=False kwarg in xarrray.open_dataset.

Parameters

data (bool, optional) – Whether to include the actual data in the dictionary. When set to False, returns just the schema.