filerDimensions with an absolute value

[cahartin]

I am having some difficulty with the new filterDimensions. I want to find all values from -90 to -55 and 90 to 55. I used to use absolute value of the lat values but now I am having a hard time with that.

area_ll <- filterDimensions(oarea, latRange=c(abs<55) )
area_ll <- filterDimensions(oarea, latRange=c(0, 55 & 0,-55) )

any thoughts on how I can do this? Thanks.

[bpbond]

Yeah, this change has made things more consistent with the rest of the code, and simpler in some respects, but at the cost of removing some power in cases like this. I think you're going to have to process the two hemispheres separately, then combine the data at the end:

area_ll_sh <- filterDimensions(oarea, latRange=c(-90, -55) )
area_ll_nh <- filterDimensions(oarea, latRange=c(55, 90) )

[bpbond]

...alternatively, was this change a mistake? Again, it makes things consistent with the loadCMIP5, etc., but means we can't filter for non-contiguous blocks.