Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: pystuff
Version: 0.0.1
Summary: A set of GrADS functions in Python.
Home-page: https://github.com/davidmnielsen/mygrads
Author: David Nielsen
Author-email: davidnielsen@id.uff.br
License: UNKNOWN
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
Requires-Dist: numpy
Requires-Dist: matplotlib
Requires-Dist: xarray
Requires-Dist: cartopy

# MyGrADS

This is a collection of functions implemented in python that replicate
their implementation in GrADS.
Content:
1. [Centered Finite Differences](#centered-finite-differences)
2. [Horizontal Divergence](#horizontal-divergence)
3. [Relative Vorticity](#relative-vorticity)
4. [Temperature Advection](#temperature-advection) 

Only requires Numpy.
In this example, we use Xarray to read in the nc files, Matplotlib and Cartopy for plotting.

## Usual Imports

```python
import numpy as np
import xarray as xr
import cartopy.crs as ccrs
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
```

## Import MyGrADS

```python
import sys
sys.path.append('/home/zmaw/u241292/scripts/python/mygrads')
import mygrads as mg
```

## Read in some data

```python
# We are using some sample data downloaded from the NCEP Reanalysis 2
# Downloaded from: https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.ncep.reanalysis2.html

# Zonal wind
ds   = xr.open_dataset('data/u.nc')
u    = ds['uwnd'][0,0,:,:].values
lat  = ds['lat'].values
lon  = ds['lon'].values

# Meridional wind
ds   = xr.open_dataset('data/v.nc')
v    = ds['vwnd'][0,0,:,:].values

# Temperature
ds   = xr.open_dataset('data/t.nc')
t    = ds['air'][0,0,:,:].values
```
## Calculations

### Centered Finite Differences

This replicates the `cdiff` function of GrADS (see their [docu](http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/gradfunccdiff.html). "The difference is done in the grid space, and no adjustment is performed for unequally spaced grids. The result value at each grid point is the value at the grid point plus one minus the value at the grid point minus one."

It is also used internally here in `hdivg`, `hcurl` and `hadv` implementatinos. The numpy-like argument `axis` should be 0 or 1, to indicate the dimension over which the derivative is being calculated. 

```python
latv, lonv = np.meshgrid(lat, lon, indexing='ij')
dudx = mg.cdiff(u, axis=0)/mg.cdiff(lonv*np.pi/180) 
```

### Horizontal Divergence

Identical as GrADS `hdivg` ([ref.](http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/gradfunchdivg.html)).

```python
div = mg.hdivg(u,v,lat,lon)
```

### Relative Vorticity

Or the vertical component of the relative vorticity. Identical as GrADS `hcurl` ([ref.](http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/gradfunchcurl.html))

```python
vort = mg.hcurl(u,v,lat,lon)
```

### Temperature Advection

This is not natively implemented in GrADS. Nonthenless, it is pretty straightforward given the above functions, and already described [here](http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/gradfunchcurl.html).

```python
tadv = mg.hadv(u,v,t,lat,lon)
```

## Plot

Note that the data are from thr 500 hPa level, so the wind is basically geostrophic. Therefore, not much divergece results in the vicinities of the jet. 

```python
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(10, 8))

ax = fig.add_subplot(2,2,1,projection=ccrs.Mercator())
ax.set_extent([-120, -10, -60, 10], crs=ccrs.PlateCarree())
ax.coastlines(resolution='50m')     
mesh = ax.pcolormesh(lon, lat,t-273.5,
                     vmin=-30,vmax=0,
                     transform=ccrs.PlateCarree(), cmap="Spectral_r")
cbar=plt.colorbar(mesh, shrink=0.75,label='[°C]')
q = ax.quiver(lon, lat, u, v, minlength=0.1, scale_units='xy',scale=0.0001,
              transform=ccrs.PlateCarree(), color='k',width=0.003)
plt.title('Input Data\n wind and temperature at 500 hPa')

ax = fig.add_subplot(2,2,2,projection=ccrs.Mercator())
ax.set_extent([-120, -10, -60, 10], crs=ccrs.PlateCarree())
ax.coastlines(resolution='50m')     
mesh = ax.pcolormesh(lon, lat, div*100000,
                     vmin=-1.5,vmax=1.5,
                     transform=ccrs.PlateCarree(), cmap="RdBu_r")
cbar=plt.colorbar(mesh, shrink=0.75,label='[$x10^{-5}$ s$^{-1}$]')
# q = ax.quiver(lon, lat, u, v, minlength=0.1, scale_units='xy',scale=0.0001,
#               transform=ccrs.PlateCarree(), color='k',width=0.003)
plt.title('Horizontal Divergence')

ax = fig.add_subplot(2,2,3,projection=ccrs.Mercator())
ax.set_extent([-120, -10, -60, 10], crs=ccrs.PlateCarree())
ax.coastlines(resolution='50m')     
mesh = ax.pcolormesh(lon, lat, vort*100000,
                     vmin=-5,vmax=5,
                     transform=ccrs.PlateCarree(), cmap="RdBu_r")
cbar=plt.colorbar(mesh, shrink=0.75,label='[$x10^{-5}$ s$^{-1}$]')
# q = ax.quiver(lon, lat, u, v, minlength=0.1, scale_units='xy',scale=0.0001,
#               transform=ccrs.PlateCarree(), color='k',width=0.003)
plt.title('Relative Vorticity')

ax = fig.add_subplot(2,2,4,projection=ccrs.Mercator())
ax.set_extent([-120, -10, -60, 10], crs=ccrs.PlateCarree())
ax.coastlines(resolution='50m')     
mesh = ax.pcolormesh(lon, lat, tadv*84600,
                     vmin=-5,vmax=5,
                     transform=ccrs.PlateCarree(), cmap="RdBu_r")
cbar=plt.colorbar(mesh, shrink=0.75,label='[°C day$^{-1}$]')
# q = ax.quiver(lon, lat, u, v, minlength=0.1, scale_units='xy',scale=0.0001,
#               transform=ccrs.PlateCarree(), color='k',width=0.003)
plt.title('Advection of Temperature')

plt.tight_layout()
fig.savefig('example.png', dpi=300)
```
![alt text](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/davidmnielsen/mygrads/master/example.png "example.png")











