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Updated ICON doc with information on usage of extract_levels preprocessor (#1903)
Co-authored-by: Axel Lauer <axel.lauer@dlr.de>
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.. hint::
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To use the :func:`~esmvalcore.preprocessor.extract_levels` preprocessor on
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native ICON data, you need to specify the name of the vertical coordinate
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(e.g., ``coordinate: air_pressure``) since native ICON output usually
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provides a 3D air pressure field instead of a simple 1D vertical coordinate.
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Example:
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.. code-block:: yaml
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preprocessors:
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extract_500hPa_level_from_icon:
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extract_levels:
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levels: 50000
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scheme: linear
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coordinate: air_pressure
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In order to read cell area files (``areacella`` and ``areacello``), one

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