.. DO NOT EDIT. .. THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY SPHINX-GALLERY. .. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE: .. "gallery/example_shipdrift.py" .. LINE NUMBERS ARE GIVEN BELOW. .. only:: html .. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note :ref:`Go to the end ` to download the full example code. .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_gallery_example_shipdrift.py: Ship drift ================================== .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 6-18 .. code-block:: Python from datetime import datetime from opendrift.models.shipdrift import ShipDrift o = ShipDrift(loglevel=20) o.add_readers_from_list([ 'https://thredds.met.no/thredds/dodsC/cmems/topaz6/dataset-topaz6-arc-15min-3km-be.ncml', 'https://thredds.met.no/thredds/dodsC/mepslatest/meps_lagged_6_h_latest_2_5km_latest.nc', 'https://thredds.met.no/thredds/dodsC/cmems/mywavewam3km/dataset-wam-arctic-1hr3km-be.ncml' ]) .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out .. code-block:: none 08:26:26 INFO opendrift:568: OpenDriftSimulation initialised (version 1.14.9 / v1.14.9-9-gcde0dcf) .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 19-21 Seed ship elements at defined position and time Note: beam/length ratio is larger than allowed, but is then clipped internally .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 21-25 .. code-block:: Python o.seed_elements(lon=5.0, lat=63.0, radius=1000, number=1000, time=datetime.now(), length=80.0, beam=20.0, height=9.0, draft=4.0) .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out .. code-block:: none 08:26:26 WARNING opendrift.models.shipdrift:180: Ratio of beam to length should be in range 0.12 to 0.18, given range is 0.25-0.25. Using border value. 08:26:26 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:203: Adding a global landmask from GSHHG 08:26:30 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:227: Fallback values will be used for the following variables which have no readers: 08:26:30 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: horizontal_diffusivity: 100.000000 08:26:30 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_x_velocity: 0.000000 08:26:30 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_y_velocity: 0.000000 08:26:30 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: sea_surface_wave_significant_height: 0.000000 08:26:30 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment: 0.000000 .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 26-27 Running model .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 27-29 .. code-block:: Python o.run(steps=24, stop_on_error=True) .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out .. code-block:: none 08:26:30 INFO opendrift:1839: Storing previous values of element property lon because of condition (('general:coastline_action', 'in', ['stranding', 'previous']), 'or', ('general:seafloor_action', 'in', ['previous'])) 08:26:30 INFO opendrift:1839: Storing previous values of element property lat because of condition (('general:coastline_action', 'in', ['stranding', 'previous']), 'or', ('general:seafloor_action', 'in', ['previous'])) 08:26:30 INFO opendrift:947: Using existing reader for land_binary_mask to move elements to ocean 08:26:30 INFO opendrift:978: All points are in ocean 08:26:30 INFO opendrift:2136: 2026-03-25 08:26:26.272919 - step 1 of 24 - 1000 active elements (0 deactivated) 08:26:30 INFO opendrift.readers:64: Opening file with xr.open_dataset 08:26:32 INFO opendrift.readers.reader_netCDF_CF_generic:340: Detected dimensions: {'x': 'x', 'y': 'y', 'time': 'time'} 08:26:32 INFO opendrift.readers:64: Opening file with xr.open_dataset 08:26:33 INFO opendrift.readers.reader_netCDF_CF_generic:340: Detected dimensions: {'time': 'time', 'x': 'x', 'y': 'y'} 08:26:33 INFO opendrift.readers:64: Opening file with xr.open_dataset 08:26:35 INFO opendrift.readers.reader_netCDF_CF_generic:340: Detected dimensions: {'y': 'rlat', 'x': 'rlon', 'time': 'time'} 08:26:37 WARNING opendrift.readers.interpolation.structured:63: Ensemble data currently not extrapolated towards seafloor 08:26:37 WARNING opendrift.readers.interpolation.structured:63: Ensemble data currently not extrapolated towards seafloor 08:26:37 WARNING opendrift.readers.interpolation.structured:63: Ensemble data currently not extrapolated towards seafloor 08:26:37 WARNING opendrift.readers.interpolation.structured:63: Ensemble data currently not extrapolated towards seafloor 08:26:39 INFO opendrift.models.shipdrift:310: Using Stokes drift direction as wave direction 08:26:39 INFO opendrift:2136: 2026-03-25 09:26:26.272919 - 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.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 30-31 Print and plot results .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 31-36 .. code-block:: Python print(o) o.plot(linecolor='orientation') #o.animation(color='orientation', markersize=20, filename="orientation.gif", legend=['left','right'],colorbar=False,cmap='bwr') o.animation(color='orientation', legend=['left','right'], markersize=20, colorbar=False, cmap='bwr') .. image-sg:: /gallery/images/sphx_glr_example_shipdrift_001.png :alt: OpenDrift - ShipDrift 2026-03-25 08:26 to 2026-03-26 08:26 UTC (25 steps) :srcset: /gallery/images/sphx_glr_example_shipdrift_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out .. code-block:: none =========================== -------------------- Reader performance: -------------------- global_landmask 0:00:01.7 total 0:00:00.0 preparing 0:00:01.7 reading 0:00:00.0 masking -------------------- https://thredds.met.no/thredds/dodsC/cmems/topaz6/dataset-topaz6-arc-15min-3km-be.ncml 0:00:16.9 total 0:00:00.0 preparing 0:00:16.9 reading 0:00:00.0 interpolation 0:00:00.0 interpolation_time 0:00:00.0 rotating vectors 0:00:00.0 masking -------------------- https://thredds.met.no/thredds/dodsC/mepslatest/meps_lagged_6_h_latest_2_5km_latest.nc 0:00:25.4 total 0:00:00.0 preparing 0:00:25.3 reading 0:00:00.2 interpolation 0:00:00.0 interpolation_time 0:00:00.0 rotating vectors 0:00:00.0 masking -------------------- https://thredds.met.no/thredds/dodsC/cmems/mywavewam3km/dataset-wam-arctic-1hr3km-be.ncml 0:00:19.7 total 0:00:00.0 preparing 0:00:19.6 reading 0:00:00.0 interpolation 0:00:00.0 interpolation_time 0:00:00.0 rotating vectors 0:00:00.0 masking -------------------- Performance: 1:14.8 total time 4.2 configuration 0.0 preparing main loop 0.0 moving elements to ocean 1:08.8 main loop 0.4 updating elements 1.7 cleaning up -------------------- =========================== Model: ShipDrift (OpenDrift version 1.14.9) 1000 active ShipObject particles (0 deactivated, 0 scheduled) ------------------- Environment variables: ----- land_binary_mask 1) global_landmask ----- x_sea_water_velocity y_sea_water_velocity 1) https://thredds.met.no/thredds/dodsC/cmems/topaz6/dataset-topaz6-arc-15min-3km-be.ncml 2) https://thredds.met.no/thredds/dodsC/cmems/mywavewam3km/dataset-wam-arctic-1hr3km-be.ncml ----- x_wind y_wind 1) https://thredds.met.no/thredds/dodsC/mepslatest/meps_lagged_6_h_latest_2_5km_latest.nc ----- sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment sea_surface_wave_significant_height sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_x_velocity sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_y_velocity 1) https://thredds.met.no/thredds/dodsC/cmems/mywavewam3km/dataset-wam-arctic-1hr3km-be.ncml ----- Readers not added for the following variables: horizontal_diffusivity Discarded readers: Time: Start: 2026-03-25 08:26:26.272919 UTC Present: 2026-03-26 08:26:26.272919 UTC Calculation steps: 24 * 1:00:00 - total time: 1 day, 0:00:00 Output steps: 25 * 1:00:00 =========================== 08:28:10 INFO opendrift:4697: Saving animation to /root/project/docs/source/gallery/animations/example_shipdrift_0.gif... 08:28:29 INFO opendrift:3120: Time to make animation: 0:00:20.533835 .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 37-38 .. image:: /gallery/animations/example_shipdrift_0.gif .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-timing **Total running time of the script:** (2 minutes 11.328 seconds) .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_example_shipdrift.py: .. only:: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: example_shipdrift.ipynb ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python :download:`Download Python source code: example_shipdrift.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-zip :download:`Download zipped: example_shipdrift.zip ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_