`gnome.utilities.plume`¶

This module holds classes and supporting code for simulating the vertical plume that is generated by an underwater blowout.

Module Contents¶

`Plume`	Here, we represent the characteristics of the plume
`PlumeGenerator`	Here we define the method for generating LEs from a 3D plume

Here we will generate plume data that conforms to that of Socolofsky's

gnome.utilities.plume.get_plume_data()¶

Here we will generate plume data that conforms to that of Socolofsky’s model.

We will represent the mass flux amounts in kg/s.
We will probably get these values from a running plume model, but for right now, we just return an array with some hardcoded values.
For now, we return data in the format [(depth, mass_flux), …]

class gnome.utilities.plume.Plume(position, plume_data)¶

Bases: object

Here, we represent the characteristics of the plume as a set of mass fluxes along a vertical stack.

Parameters:

position (3-tuple of floats (long, lat, z)) – location the elements are released
plume_data (list of items in the format: [(depth, mass_flux), ...]) – data that is supplied by a plume model

class gnome.utilities.plume.PlumeGenerator(release_time, end_release_time, time_step_delta, plume)¶

Bases: object

Here we define the method for generating LEs from a 3D plume over a range of time.

_seconds_from_beginning(time)¶: qualify our time value and return total number of seconds from release time to the specified time

_mass_to_elems(mass)¶: Calculate mass into an equivalent number of LEs and return them. - We do not count the fractional amounts.

_elems_to_mass(elems)¶: Calculate LEs into equivalent amounts of mass and return them.

elems_from_beginning(time)¶: returns the number of LEs released from release_time to the specified time