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uxarray/grid/grid.py
@@ -1904,6 +1904,8 @@ def compute_face_areas(
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"""
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if self.source_grid_spec == "HEALPix":
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# Derive HEALPix Area
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+ # Ω_pix = 4π / (12 * Nside²) = π / (3 * Nside²)
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+ # Górski et al. 2005, “HEALPix: A Framework for High‐Resolution Discretization and Fast Analysis of Data Distributed on the Sphere”
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n_side = self._ds.attrs["n_side"]
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face_area = np.pi / 3 * n_side**2
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return np.ones(self.n_face) * face_area, None
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