2D simulation profile

from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import numpy as np
from opendrift.models.oceandrift import OceanDrift

o = OceanDrift(loglevel=20)  # Set loglevel to 0 for debug information

14:44:33 INFO    opendrift:569: OpenDriftSimulation initialised (version 1.14.4 / v1.14.4-11-gcbd1acb)

Define some constant current, wind and Stokes drift

o.set_config('environment:fallback:x_wind', 7)
o.set_config('environment:fallback:x_sea_water_velocity', .1)
o.set_config('environment:fallback:sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_x_velocity', .2)
o.set_config('environment:fallback:sea_surface_wave_significant_height', 2)

Seed elements between surface and 5m depth

time = datetime.utcnow()
z = -np.linspace(0, 5, 50)
o.seed_elements(lon=4.5, lat=60.0, z=z, radius=0, number=len(z), time=time)

/root/project/examples/example_2d.py:22: DeprecationWarning: datetime.datetime.utcnow() is deprecated and scheduled for removal in a future version. Use timezone-aware objects to represent datetimes in UTC: datetime.datetime.now(datetime.UTC).
  time = datetime.utcnow()
14:44:33 INFO    opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:203: Adding a global landmask from GSHHG
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:227: Fallback values will be used for the following variables which have no readers:
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230:    x_sea_water_velocity: 0.100000
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230:    y_sea_water_velocity: 0.000000
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230:    sea_surface_height: 0.000000
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230:    x_wind: 7.000000
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230:    y_wind: 0.000000
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230:    upward_sea_water_velocity: 0.000000
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230:    ocean_vertical_diffusivity: 0.000000
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230:    sea_surface_wave_significant_height: 2.000000
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230:    sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_x_velocity: 0.200000
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230:    sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_y_velocity: 0.000000
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230:    ocean_mixed_layer_thickness: 50.000000
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230:    sea_floor_depth_below_sea_level: 10000.000000

Running model for 6 hours

o.run(duration=timedelta(hours=6), time_step=600)

14:44:37 INFO    opendrift:1787: Skipping environment variable ocean_vertical_diffusivity because of condition ['drift:vertical_mixing', 'is', False]
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift:1787: Skipping environment variable ocean_mixed_layer_thickness because of condition ['drift:vertical_mixing', 'is', False]
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift:1798: Storing previous values of element property lon because of condition (('general:coastline_action', 'in', ['stranding', 'previous']), 'or', ('general:seafloor_action', 'in', ['previous']))
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift:1798: Storing previous values of element property lat because of condition (('general:coastline_action', 'in', ['stranding', 'previous']), 'or', ('general:seafloor_action', 'in', ['previous']))
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift:1806: Storing previous values of environment variable sea_surface_height because of condition ['drift:vertical_advection', 'is', True]
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift:945: Using existing reader for land_binary_mask to move elements to ocean
14:44:37 INFO    opendrift:975: All points are in ocean
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    units :

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    minval :

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    0.02

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    1.0

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    dtype :

    <class 'numpy.float32'>

    units :

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    Terminal rise/sinking velocity (buoyancy) in the ocean column

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           [7., 7., 7., ..., 7., 7., 7.],
           ...,
           [7., 7., 7., ..., 7., 7., 7.],
           [7., 7., 7., ..., 7., 7., 7.],
           [7., 7., 7., ..., 7., 7., 7.]], shape=(50, 37), dtype=float32)

  • y_wind
    (trajectory, time)
    float32
    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

    minval :

    0.0

    maxval :

    0.0

    array([[0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           ...,
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.]], shape=(50, 37), dtype=float32)

  • upward_sea_water_velocity
    (trajectory, time)
    float32
    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

    minval :

    0.0

    maxval :

    0.0

    array([[0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           ...,
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.]], shape=(50, 37), dtype=float32)

  • sea_surface_wave_significant_height
    (trajectory, time)
    float32
    2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 ... 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0

    minval :

    2.0

    maxval :

    2.0

    array([[2., 2., 2., ..., 2., 2., 2.],
           [2., 2., 2., ..., 2., 2., 2.],
           [2., 2., 2., ..., 2., 2., 2.],
           ...,
           [2., 2., 2., ..., 2., 2., 2.],
           [2., 2., 2., ..., 2., 2., 2.],
           [2., 2., 2., ..., 2., 2., 2.]], shape=(50, 37), dtype=float32)

  • sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_x_velocity
    (trajectory, time)
    float32
    0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 ... 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

    minval :

    0.2

    maxval :

    0.2

    array([[0.2, 0.2, 0.2, ..., 0.2, 0.2, 0.2],
           [0.2, 0.2, 0.2, ..., 0.2, 0.2, 0.2],
           [0.2, 0.2, 0.2, ..., 0.2, 0.2, 0.2],
           ...,
           [0.2, 0.2, 0.2, ..., 0.2, 0.2, 0.2],
           [0.2, 0.2, 0.2, ..., 0.2, 0.2, 0.2],
           [0.2, 0.2, 0.2, ..., 0.2, 0.2, 0.2]], shape=(50, 37), dtype=float32)

  • sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_y_velocity
    (trajectory, time)
    float32
    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

    minval :

    0.0

    maxval :

    0.0

    array([[0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           ...,
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.]], shape=(50, 37), dtype=float32)

  • sea_floor_depth_below_sea_level
    (trajectory, time)
    float32
    1e+04 1e+04 1e+04 ... 1e+04 1e+04

    minval :

    10000.0

    maxval :

    10000.0

    array([[10000., 10000., 10000., ..., 10000., 10000., 10000.],
           [10000., 10000., 10000., ..., 10000., 10000., 10000.],
           [10000., 10000., 10000., ..., 10000., 10000., 10000.],
           ...,
           [10000., 10000., 10000., ..., 10000., 10000., 10000.],
           [10000., 10000., 10000., ..., 10000., 10000., 10000.],
           [10000., 10000., 10000., ..., 10000., 10000., 10000.]],
          shape=(50, 37), dtype=float32)

  • land_binary_mask
    (trajectory, time)
    float32
    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

    minval :

    0.0

    maxval :

    0.0

    array([[0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           ...,
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.],
           [0., 0., 0., ..., 0., 0., 0.]], shape=(50, 37), dtype=float32)

• Attributes: (119)

  Conventions :

  CF-1.11, ACDD-1.3

  standard_name_vocabulary :

  CF Standard Name Table v85

  featureType :

  trajectory

  title :

  OpenDrift trajectory simulation

  summary :

  Output from simulation with OpenDrift framework

  keywords :

  trajectory, drift, lagrangian, simulation

  history :

  Created 2025-10-23 14:44:37.856769

  date_created :

  2025-10-23T14:44:37.856777

  source :

  Output from simulation with OpenDrift

  model_url :

  https://github.com/OpenDrift/opendrift

  opendrift_class :

  OceanDrift

  opendrift_module :

  opendrift.models.oceandrift

  readers :

  odict_keys(['global_landmask'])

  time_coverage_start :

  2025-10-23 14:44:33.411042

  time_step_calculation :

  0:10:00

  time_step_output :

  0:10:00

  config_environment:constant:x_sea_water_velocity :

  None

  config_environment:fallback:x_sea_water_velocity :

  0.1

  config_environment:constant:y_sea_water_velocity :

  None

  config_environment:fallback:y_sea_water_velocity :

  0

  config_environment:constant:sea_surface_height :

  None

  config_environment:fallback:sea_surface_height :

  0

  config_environment:constant:x_wind :

  None

  config_environment:fallback:x_wind :

  7.0

  config_environment:constant:y_wind :

  None

  config_environment:fallback:y_wind :

  0

  config_environment:constant:upward_sea_water_velocity :

  None

  config_environment:fallback:upward_sea_water_velocity :

  0

  config_environment:constant:ocean_vertical_diffusivity :

  None

  config_environment:fallback:ocean_vertical_diffusivity :

  0

  config_environment:constant:sea_surface_wave_significant_height :

  None

  config_environment:fallback:sea_surface_wave_significant_height :

  2.0

  config_environment:constant:sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_x_velocity :

  None

  config_environment:fallback:sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_x_velocity :

  0.2

  config_environment:constant:sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_y_velocity :

  None

  config_environment:fallback:sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_y_velocity :

  0

  config_environment:constant:ocean_mixed_layer_thickness :

  None

  config_environment:fallback:ocean_mixed_layer_thickness :

  50

  config_environment:constant:sea_floor_depth_below_sea_level :

  None

  config_environment:fallback:sea_floor_depth_below_sea_level :

  10000

  config_environment:constant:land_binary_mask :

  None

  config_environment:fallback:land_binary_mask :

  None

  config_general:use_auto_landmask :

  True

  config_drift:current_uncertainty :

  0

  config_drift:current_uncertainty_uniform :

  0

  config_drift:max_speed :

  2.0

  config_readers:max_number_of_fails :

  1

  config_general:simulation_name :

  config_general:coastline_action :

  stranding

  config_general:coastline_approximation_precision :

  0.001

  config_general:time_step_minutes :

  60

  config_general:time_step_output_minutes :

  None

  config_seed:ocean_only :

  True

  config_seed:number :

  1

  config_drift:max_age_seconds :

  None

  config_drift:advection_scheme :

  euler

  config_drift:horizontal_diffusivity :

  0

  config_drift:profiles_depth :

  50

  config_drift:wind_uncertainty :

  0

  config_drift:relative_wind :

  False

  config_drift:deactivate_north_of :

  None

  config_drift:deactivate_south_of :

  None

  config_drift:deactivate_east_of :

  None

  config_drift:deactivate_west_of :

  None

  config_seed:origin_marker :

  0

  config_seed:z :

  0

  config_seed:wind_drift_factor :

  0.02

  config_seed:current_drift_factor :

  1

  config_seed:terminal_velocity :

  0.0

  config_drift:vertical_advection :

  True

  config_drift:vertical_advection_at_surface :

  False

  config_drift:water_column_stretching :

  False

  config_drift:vertical_advection_correction :

  False

  config_drift:vertical_mixing :

  False

  config_drift:vertical_mixing_at_surface :

  False

  config_vertical_mixing:timestep :

  60

  config_vertical_mixing:diffusivitymodel :

  environment

  config_vertical_mixing:background_diffusivity :

  1.2e-05

  config_vertical_mixing:TSprofiles :

  False

  config_drift:wind_drift_depth :

  0.1

  config_drift:stokes_drift :

  True

  config_drift:stokes_drift_profile :

  Phillips

  config_drift:use_tabularised_stokes_drift :

  False

  config_drift:tabularised_stokes_drift_fetch :

  25000

  config_general:seafloor_action :

  lift_to_seafloor

  config_drift:truncate_ocean_model_below_m :

  None

  config_seed:seafloor :

  False

  opendrift_version :

  1.14.4

  seed_geojson :

  {"features": [], "type": "FeatureCollection"}

  simulation_time :

  2025-10-23 14:44:37.867878

  reader_x_sea_water_velocity :

  0.1

  reader_y_sea_water_velocity :

  0

  reader_sea_surface_height :

  0

  reader_x_wind :

  7.0

  reader_y_wind :

  0

  reader_upward_sea_water_velocity :

  0

  reader_sea_surface_wave_significant_height :

  2.0

  reader_sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_x_velocity :

  0.2

  reader_sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_y_velocity :

  0

  reader_sea_floor_depth_below_sea_level :

  10000

  reader_land_binary_mask :

  ['global_landmask']

  time_coverage_end :

  2025-10-23 20:44:33.411042

  time_coverage_duration :

  P0DT6H0M0S

  time_coverage_resolution :

  P0DT0H10M0S

  performance :

  -------------------- Reader performance: -------------------- global_landmask 0:00:00.0 total 0:00:00.0 preparing 0:00:00.0 reading 0:00:00.0 masking -------------------- Performance: 5.3 total time 4.6 configuration 0.0 preparing main loop 0.0 moving elements to ocean 0.6 main loop 0.0 updating elements 0.0 cleaning up --------------------

  geospatial_bounds_crs :

  EPSG:4326

  geospatial_bounds_vertical_crs :

  EPSG:5831

  geospatial_lat_min :

  60.0

  geospatial_lat_max :

  60.0

  geospatial_lat_units :

  degrees_north

  geospatial_lat_resolution :

  point

  geospatial_lon_min :

  4.5

  geospatial_lon_max :

  4.6703224

  geospatial_lon_units :

  degrees_east

  geospatial_lon_resolution :

  point

  runtime :

  0:00:05.397087

  geospatial_vertical_min :

  -5.0

  geospatial_vertical_max :

  -0.0

  geospatial_vertical_positive :

  up

To check that z is really kept constant for all particles

o.plot_property('z')

Vertical profile of advection. Note the decaying importance of Stokes drift, and the additional windage of the element at surface

o.animation_profile()

14:44:38 INFO    opendrift:4623: Saving animation to /root/project/docs/source/gallery/animations/example_2d_0.gif...
14:44:44 INFO    opendrift:3274: Time to make animation: 0:00:05.701140