uxarray.Grid.face_areas

property Grid.face_areas

Area of each face.

Returns:

face_areas – An array of shape (n_face,)

Return type:

xr.DataArray

Notes

For HEALPix grids, this property returns theoretical equal areas to preserve the equal-area property. For other grid types, areas are computed geometrically, and results are equivalent to calling compute_face_areas() with no arguments. Either way, the computed areas are cached for future use.