acom-music-box 2.3.1

This is the music_box package.

MusicBox

MusicBox: A MUSICA model for boxes and columns.

Copyright (C) 2020 National Center for Atmospheric Research

Installation

The project is configured to be installed using pip by the pyproject.toml file.

To install the music-box package into a Python environment, run the following command from the root directory:

pip install .

The package is also available on PyPi and can be installed in any Python environment through:

pip install acom_music_box

Tests

After installing music box for local development pip install -e .

cd tests
pytest

Command line tool

MusicBox provides a command line tool that can run configurations as well as some pre-configured examples. Basic plotting can be done if gnuplot is installed.

music_box -h                                        
usage: music_box [-h] [-c CONFIG] [-e {CB5,Chapman,FlowTube,Analytical}] [-o OUTPUT] [-v] [--color-output] [--plot PLOT]

MusicBox simulation runner.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
                        Path to the configuration file. If --example is provided, this argument is ignored.
  -e {CB5,Chapman,FlowTube,Analytical}, --example {CB5,Chapman,FlowTube,Analytical}
                        Name of the example to use. Overrides --config.
                        Available examples:
                        CB5: Carbon bond 5
                        Chapman: The Chapman cycle with conditions over Boulder, Colorado
                        FlowTube: A fictitious flow tube experiment
                        Analytical: An example of an analytical solution to a simple chemical system
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        Path to save the output file, including the file name. If not provided, result will be printed to the console.
  -v, --verbose         Increase logging verbosity. Use -v for info, -vv for debug.
  --color-output        Enable color output for logs.
  --plot PLOT           Plot a comma-separated list of species if gnuplot is available (e.g., CONC.A,CONC.B).

To run one of the examples and plot something you would run

music_box -e Chapman -o output.csv -vv --color-output --plot CONC.O1D