Concatenate 1D numpy arrays.
    Similar to np.concatenate but work with empty input and masked arrays.

def concatenate_1d(arrays):
    """
    Concatenate 1D numpy arrays.
    Similar to np.concatenate but work with empty input and masked arrays.
    """
    if len(arrays) == 0:
        return np.array([])
    if len(arrays) == 1:
        return np.asanyarray(arrays[0])
    if any(map(np.ma.is_masked, arrays)):
        return np.ma.concatenate(arrays)
    return np.concatenate(arrays)