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Point Interpolation#
Compares different point interpolation approaches.
import cartopy.crs as ccrs
import cartopy.feature as cfeature
from matplotlib.colors import BoundaryNorm
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from metpy.cbook import get_test_data
from metpy.interpolate import (interpolate_to_grid, remove_nan_observations,
remove_repeat_coordinates)
from metpy.plots import add_metpy_logo
def basic_map(proj, title):
"""Make our basic default map for plotting"""
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(15, 10))
add_metpy_logo(fig, 0, 80, size='large')
view = fig.add_axes([0, 0, 1, 1], projection=proj)
view.set_title(title)
view.set_extent([-120, -70, 20, 50])
view.add_feature(cfeature.STATES.with_scale('50m'))
view.add_feature(cfeature.OCEAN)
view.add_feature(cfeature.COASTLINE)
view.add_feature(cfeature.BORDERS, linestyle=':')
return fig, view
def station_test_data(variable_names, proj_from=None, proj_to=None):
with get_test_data('station_data.txt') as f:
all_data = np.loadtxt(f, skiprows=1, delimiter=',',
usecols=(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 17, 18, 19),
dtype=np.dtype([('stid', '3S'), ('lat', 'f'), ('lon', 'f'),
('slp', 'f'), ('air_temperature', 'f'),
('cloud_fraction', 'f'), ('dewpoint', 'f'),
('weather', '16S'),
('wind_dir', 'f'), ('wind_speed', 'f')]))
all_stids = [s.decode('ascii') for s in all_data['stid']]
data = np.concatenate([all_data[all_stids.index(site)].reshape(1, ) for site in all_stids])
value = data[variable_names]
lon = data['lon']
lat = data['lat']
if proj_from is not None and proj_to is not None:
proj_points = proj_to.transform_points(proj_from, lon, lat)
return proj_points[:, 0], proj_points[:, 1], value
return lon, lat, value
from_proj = ccrs.Geodetic()
to_proj = ccrs.AlbersEqualArea(central_longitude=-97.0000, central_latitude=38.0000)
levels = list(range(-20, 20, 1))
cmap = plt.get_cmap('magma')
norm = BoundaryNorm(levels, ncolors=cmap.N, clip=True)
x, y, temp = station_test_data('air_temperature', from_proj, to_proj)
x, y, temp = remove_nan_observations(x, y, temp)
x, y, temp = remove_repeat_coordinates(x, y, temp)
Scipy.interpolate linear#
<matplotlib.colorbar.Colorbar object at 0x7f674d896350>
Natural neighbor interpolation (MetPy implementation)#
<matplotlib.colorbar.Colorbar object at 0x7f6750220690>
Cressman interpolation#
search_radius = 100 km
grid resolution = 75 km
min_neighbors = 1
gx, gy, img = interpolate_to_grid(x, y, temp, interp_type='cressman', minimum_neighbors=1,
hres=75000, search_radius=100000)
img = np.ma.masked_where(np.isnan(img), img)
fig, view = basic_map(to_proj, 'Cressman')
mmb = view.pcolormesh(gx, gy, img, cmap=cmap, norm=norm)
fig.colorbar(mmb, shrink=.4, pad=0, boundaries=levels)
<matplotlib.colorbar.Colorbar object at 0x7f6739aa6c10>
Barnes Interpolation#
search_radius = 100km
min_neighbors = 3
gx, gy, img1 = interpolate_to_grid(x, y, temp, interp_type='barnes', hres=75000,
search_radius=100000)
img1 = np.ma.masked_where(np.isnan(img1), img1)
fig, view = basic_map(to_proj, 'Barnes')
mmb = view.pcolormesh(gx, gy, img1, cmap=cmap, norm=norm)
fig.colorbar(mmb, shrink=.4, pad=0, boundaries=levels)
<matplotlib.colorbar.Colorbar object at 0x7f674dd996d0>
Radial basis function interpolation#
linear
gx, gy, img = interpolate_to_grid(x, y, temp, interp_type='rbf', hres=75000, rbf_func='linear',
rbf_smooth=0)
img = np.ma.masked_where(np.isnan(img), img)
fig, view = basic_map(to_proj, 'Radial Basis Function')
mmb = view.pcolormesh(gx, gy, img, cmap=cmap, norm=norm)
fig.colorbar(mmb, shrink=.4, pad=0, boundaries=levels)
plt.show()
Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 3.976 seconds)