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+"""Inventory of EuroCordex simuations."""
+
+# !/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# externals
+import pandas as pd
+
+# locals
+from pysegcnn.core.utils import search_files
+
+# parameters defining a Cordex climate simulation
+CORDEX_PARAMETERS = ['Variable', 'Domain', 'Gcm', 'Scenario', 'Ensemble',
+                     'Rcm', 'Version', 'Frequency', 'Years']
+
+
+def get_inventory(path):
+
+    # find all netcdf files in path
+    inventory = search_files(path, '(.*).nc$')
+
+    # create dictionary: (filename: [simulation parameters])
+    inventory = {k: k.stem.split('_') for k in inventory}
+
+    # create a DataFrame
+    df = pd.DataFrame(data=inventory.values(), index=inventory.keys(),
+                      columns=CORDEX_PARAMETERS)
+
+    return df