gnome.utilities.plume

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

Attributes

release_time

Classes

Plume

Here, we represent the characteristics of the plume

PlumeGenerator

Here we define the method for generating LEs from a 3D plume

Functions

get_plume_data()

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

Module Contents

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

Note:

we don’t really use the z, since the plume data supplies the depths

mass_flux
coords
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.

release_time
end_release_time
property time_step_delta
plume
mass_of_an_le
set_le_mass_from_total_le_count(num_elements)
elems_from_beginning(time)

returns the number of LEs released from release_time to the specified time

elems_in_range(begin, end)
gnome.utilities.plume.release_time