xhycom# xhycom reads HYCOM model output in the native .a/.b binary format directly into xarray Datasets — no conversion to NetCDF required. It is inspired by xmitgcm, which does the same thing for MITgcm output. Contents Why xarray? Why xhycom? Installation Quick start Lazy loading & chunking Working with HYCOM data Regridding Time-averaging on a moving vertical grid Running xhycom at scale API reference Contributor Guide