add option to post monthly concurrent requests

atlite/data.py

@@ -25,7 +25,14 @@
 from atlite.datasets import modules as datamodules
 
 
-def get_features(cutout, module, features, tmpdir=None, monthly_requests=False):
+def get_features(
+    cutout,
+    module,
+    features,
+    tmpdir=None,
+    monthly_requests=False,
+    concurrent_requests=False,
+):
     """
     Load the feature data for a given module.
 
@@ -44,6 +51,7 @@ def get_features(cutout, module, features, tmpdir=None, monthly_requests=False):
             tmpdir=tmpdir,
             lock=lock,
             monthly_requests=monthly_requests,
+            concurrent_requests=concurrent_requests,
             **parameters,
         )
         datasets.append(feature_data)
@@ -121,6 +129,7 @@ def cutout_prepare(
     overwrite=False,
     compression={"zlib": True, "complevel": 9, "shuffle": True},
     monthly_requests=False,
+    concurrent_requests=False,
 ):
     """
     Prepare all or a selection of features in a cutout.
@@ -157,6 +166,9 @@ def cutout_prepare(
         If True, the data is requested on a monthly basis in ERA5. This is useful for
         large cutouts, where the data is requested in smaller chunks. The
         default is False
+    concurrent_requests : bool, optional
+        If True, the monthly data requests are posted concurrently.
+        Only has an effect if `monthly_requests` is True. The default is False.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -190,6 +202,7 @@ def cutout_prepare(
             missing_features,
             tmpdir=tmpdir,
             monthly_requests=monthly_requests,
+            concurrent_requests=concurrent_requests,
         )
         prepared |= set(missing_features)
 

atlite/datasets/era5.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import pandas as pd
 import xarray as xr
 from numpy import atleast_1d
+from dask import delayed, compute
 
 from atlite.gis import maybe_swap_spatial_dims
 from atlite.pv.solar_position import SolarPosition
@@ -392,7 +393,13 @@ def retrieve_data(product, chunks=None, tmpdir=None, lock=None, **updates):
 
 
 def get_data(
-    cutout, feature, tmpdir, lock=None, monthly_requests=False, **creation_parameters
+    cutout,
+    feature,
+    tmpdir,
+    lock=None,
+    monthly_requests=False,
+    concurrent_requests=False,
+    **creation_parameters,
 ):
     """
     Retrieve data from ECMWFs ERA5 dataset (via CDS).
@@ -412,6 +419,9 @@ def get_data(
         If True, the data is requested on a monthly basis in ERA5. This is useful for
         large cutouts, where the data is requested in smaller chunks. The
         default is False
+    concurrent_requests : bool, optional
+        If True, the monthly data requests are posted concurrently.
+        Only has an effect if `monthly_requests` is True.
     **creation_parameters :
         Additional keyword arguments. The only effective argument is 'sanitize'
         (default True) which sets sanitization of the data on or off.
@@ -448,8 +458,11 @@ def retrieve_once(time):
     if feature in static_features:
         return retrieve_once(retrieval_times(coords, static=True)).squeeze()
 
-    datasets = map(
-        retrieve_once, retrieval_times(coords, monthly_requests=monthly_requests)
-    )
+    time_chunks = retrieval_times(coords, monthly_requests=monthly_requests)
+    if concurrent_requests:
+        delayed_datasets = [delayed(retrieve_once)(chunk) for chunk in time_chunks]
+        datasets = compute(*delayed_datasets)
+    else:
+        datasets = map(retrieve_once, time_chunks)
 
     return xr.concat(datasets, dim="time").sel(time=coords["time"])

atlite/datasets/gebco.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def get_data_gebco_height(xs, ys, gebco_path):
     )
 
 
-def get_data(cutout, feature, tmpdir, monthly_requests=False, **creation_parameters):
+def get_data(cutout, feature, tmpdir, monthly_requests=False, concurrent_requests=False, **creation_parameters):
     """
     Get the gebco height data.
 
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ def get_data(cutout, feature, tmpdir, monthly_requests=False, **creation_paramet
         Takes no effect, only here for consistency with other dataset modules.
     monthly_requests : bool
         Takes no effect, only here for consistency with other dataset modules.
+    concurrent_requests : bool
+        Takes no effect, only here for consistency with other dataset modules.
     **creation_parameters :
         Must include `gebco_path`.
 

atlite/datasets/sarah.py

@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ def get_data(
         `atlite.datasets.sarah.features`
     monthly_requests : bool
         Takes no effect, only here for consistency with other dataset modules.
+    concurrent_requests : bool
+        Takes no effect, only here for consistency with other dataset modules.
     **creation_parameters :
         Mandatory arguments are:
             * 'sarah_dir', str. Directory of the stored SARAH data.