What problem does it solve?
Multi-dimensional field data (such as ScalarField) often loses structural metadata or dimensionality during indexing, slicing, or domain transformations. This Skill provides patterns to maintain a consistent 4D structure and ensure unit consistency across transformations.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Metadata-Preserving 4D structure: preserves axes so metadata is not lost when reducing or selecting data.
- Domain conversion and coordinate updates: automatically updates data values, axis coordinates, axis names, and domain state during time/space/frequency/wavenumber transformations.
- Spectral unit tracking and validation: propagates physical units through transforms and validates readiness for spectral analyses.
- Use cases include maintaining dimensional integrity in gwexpy field workflows, enabling safe FFT/PSD transitions, and guarding against accidental metadata drift in multi-field pipelines.
Quick Start
Apply the manage_field_metadata workflow to a 4D field to preserve structure and units during domain transforms.