environmentaltools.download.query_esgf_catalog

environmentaltools.download.query_esgf_catalog(query: Dict[str, str | List[str]], indices: List[str] | None = None, **kwargs) → DataFrame[source]

Query ESGF catalog with automatic fallback for CORDEX projects.

Uses intake-esgf for supported projects, falls back to PyESGF for CORDEX.

Parameters:

query – Dictionary of query parameters
indices – List of ESGF indices to search
**kwargs – Additional arguments

Returns:

DataFrame containing metadata for matching datasets

Return type:

pd.DataFrame

Raises:

ImportError – If neither intake-esgf nor PyESGF is available