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Trajan demo
From OpenDrift 2.0, analysis and plotting of results from OpenDrift simulations will be handled by a new, standalone package: Trajan https://github.com/OpenDrift/trajan
This example creates a test dataset, and demonstrates its anlysis using Trajan
import os
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import xarray as xr
import trajan as ta
from opendrift import test_data_folder as tdf
from opendrift.readers import reader_netCDF_CF_generic
from opendrift.models.openoil import OpenOil
Create test dataset with OpenDrift
o = OpenOil(loglevel=20)
# Add forcing
reader_arome = reader_netCDF_CF_generic.Reader(tdf +
'16Nov2015_NorKyst_z_surface/arome_subset_16Nov2015.nc')
reader_norkyst = reader_netCDF_CF_generic.Reader(tdf +
'16Nov2015_NorKyst_z_surface/norkyst800_subset_16Nov2015.nc')
o.add_reader([reader_norkyst, reader_arome])
# Seeding some particles
o.seed_elements(lon=4.4, lat=60.1, radius=1000, number=1000,
time=reader_arome.start_time)
# Running model
o.run(end_time=reader_norkyst.end_time, outfile='openoil.nc')
14:08:12 INFO opendrift:568: OpenDriftSimulation initialised (version 1.14.9 / v1.14.9-43-g22dbf7d)
14:08:12 INFO opendrift.readers:64: Opening file with xr.open_dataset
14:08:13 INFO opendrift.readers.reader_netCDF_CF_generic:340: Detected dimensions: {'time': 'time', 'x': 'x', 'y': 'y'}
14:08:13 INFO opendrift.readers:64: Opening file with xr.open_dataset
14:08:13 INFO opendrift.readers.reader_netCDF_CF_generic:340: Detected dimensions: {'x': 'X', 'y': 'Y', 'z': 'depth', 'time': 'time'}
14:08:13 INFO opendrift.models.openoil.openoil:1720: Oil type not specified, using default: GENERIC BUNKER C
14:08:13 INFO opendrift.models.openoil.adios.dirjs:86: Querying ADIOS database for oil: GENERIC BUNKER C
14:08:13 INFO opendrift.models.openoil.openoil:1731: Using density 988.1 and viscosity 0.02169233387797564 of oiltype GENERIC BUNKER C
14:08:13 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:203: Adding a global landmask from GSHHG
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:227: Fallback values will be used for the following variables which have no readers:
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: sea_surface_height: 0.000000
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: upward_sea_water_velocity: 0.000000
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: sea_surface_wave_significant_height: 0.000000
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_x_velocity: 0.000000
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_y_velocity: 0.000000
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: sea_surface_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum: 0.000000
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment: 0.000000
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: sea_ice_area_fraction: 0.000000
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: sea_ice_x_velocity: 0.000000
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: sea_ice_y_velocity: 0.000000
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: sea_water_temperature: 10.000000
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: sea_water_salinity: 34.000000
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: sea_floor_depth_below_sea_level: 10000.000000
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: horizontal_diffusivity: 0.000000
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: ocean_vertical_diffusivity: 0.020000
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.basemodel.environment:230: ocean_mixed_layer_thickness: 50.000000
14:08:17 INFO opendrift:1894: Skipping environment variable upward_sea_water_velocity because of condition ['drift:vertical_advection', 'is', False]
14:08:17 INFO opendrift:1905: Storing previous values of element property lon because of condition (('general:coastline_action', 'in', ['stranding', 'previous']), 'or', ('general:seafloor_action', 'in', ['previous']))
14:08:17 INFO opendrift:1905: Storing previous values of element property lat because of condition (('general:coastline_action', 'in', ['stranding', 'previous']), 'or', ('general:seafloor_action', 'in', ['previous']))
14:08:17 INFO opendrift:947: Using existing reader for land_binary_mask to move elements to ocean
14:08:17 INFO opendrift:978: All points are in ocean
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.openoil.openoil:697: Oil-water surface tension is 0.035935 Nm
14:08:17 INFO opendrift.models.openoil.openoil:710: Max water fraction not available for GENERIC BUNKER C, using default
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14:08:23 WARNING opendrift.readers.basereader.structured:324: Data block from /root/project/tests/test_data/16Nov2015_NorKyst_z_surface/norkyst800_subset_16Nov2015.nc not large enough to cover element positions within timestep. Buffer size (8) must be increased. See `Variables.set_buffer_size`.
14:08:23 INFO opendrift:2202: 2015-11-17 02:00:00 - step 27 of 66 - 1000 active elements (0 deactivated)
14:08:23 WARNING opendrift.readers.basereader.structured:324: Data block from /root/project/tests/test_data/16Nov2015_NorKyst_z_surface/arome_subset_16Nov2015.nc not large enough to cover element positions within timestep. Buffer size (4) must be increased. See `Variables.set_buffer_size`.
14:08:24 INFO opendrift:2202: 2015-11-17 03:00:00 - step 28 of 66 - 1000 active elements (0 deactivated)
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Demonstrating analysis and visualisation of the output dataset, independently of OpenDrift code
if not os.path.exists('openoil.nc'):
raise ValueError('Please run create_test_dataset.py first')
Importing a trajectory dataset from a simulation with OpenDrift decode_coords is needed so that lon and lat are not interpreted as coordinate variables
d = xr.open_dataset('openoil.nc', decode_coords=False)
# Requirement that status>=0 is needed since non-valid points are not masked in OpenDrift output
d = d.where(d.status>=0) # only active particles
Displaying a basic plot of trajectories
d.traj.plot(land='mask')
ax = plt.gca()
ax.set_title('Adding custom title')
plt.show()

Demonstrating how the Xarray Dataset can be modified, allowing for more flexibility than can be provided through the plotting method of OpenDrift
Extracting only the first 100 elements, and every 4th output time steps:
dsub = d.isel(trajectory=range(0, 100), time=range(0, len(d.time), 4))
dsub.traj.plot(land='h')
plt.show()

With several plots on the same figure
d.traj.plot(color='red', alpha=0.01, land='mask') # Plotting individual trajectories in red
dmean = d.mean('trajectory', skipna=True) # Overlaying a "mean" trajectory in black
dmean.traj.plot(color='k', linewidth=5)
# Showing the a sub-period of the mean trajectory in yellow
dmean.sel(time=slice('2015-11-17', '2015-11-17 12')).traj.plot(color='yellow', linewidth=5)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()

Cleaning up
os.remove('openoil.nc')
Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 57.212 seconds)