@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ def open_dataset(
202202 keep_particles : bool = False ,
203203 probe_names : list [str ] | None = None ,
204204) -> xr .Dataset :
205- """Open an EPOCH SDF file as a `xarray.Dataset`.
205+ """Open an SDF file as a `xarray.Dataset`. Variables related to ``boundaries``,
206+ ``cpu`` and ``output`` file are excluded as they are problematic. If you wish
207+ to load these variables in see :ref:`loading-raw-files`.
206208
207209 Parameters
208210 ----------
@@ -238,7 +240,10 @@ def open_mfdataset(
238240 data_vars : list [str ] | None = None ,
239241 chunks : T_Chunks = "auto" ,
240242) -> xr .Dataset :
241- """Open a set of EPOCH SDF files as one `xarray.Dataset`.
243+ """Open a set of EPOCH SDF files as one `xarray.Dataset`. Variables
244+ related to ``boundaries``, ``cpu`` and ``output`` file are excluded
245+ as they are problematic. If you wish to load these variables in see
246+ :ref:`loading-raw-files`.
242247
243248 EPOCH can output variables at different periods, so each individal
244249 SDF file from one EPOCH run may have different variables in it. In
@@ -339,6 +344,10 @@ def open_datatree(
339344 probe_names : list [str ] | None = None ,
340345) -> xr .DataTree :
341346 """
347+ Open an SDF file as a `xarray.DataTree`. Variables related to ``boundaries``,
348+ ``cpu`` and ``output`` file are excluded as they are problematic. If you wish
349+ to load these variables in see :ref:`loading-raw-files`.
350+
342351 An `xarray.DataTree` is constructed utilising the original names in the SDF
343352 file. This is due to the fact that these names include slashes which `xarray`
344353 can use to automatically build up a datatree. We do additionally replace
@@ -398,7 +407,10 @@ def open_mfdatatree(
398407 probe_names : list [str ] | None = None ,
399408 data_vars : list [str ] | None = None ,
400409) -> xr .DataTree :
401- """Open a set of EPOCH SDF files as one `xarray.DataTree`
410+ """Open a set of EPOCH SDF files as one `xarray.DataTree`. Variables
411+ related to ``boundaries``, ``cpu`` and ``output`` file are excluded
412+ as they are problematic. If you wish to load these variables in see
413+ :ref:`loading-raw-files`.
402414
403415 EPOCH can output variables at different periods, so each individal
404416 SDF file from one EPOCH run may have different variables in it. In
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