akima86 0.1.1

Improved Akima 1-D Interpolation Method

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Installation Guide

This installation guide has installation steps specific to installing the akima86 package into a standard location.

System Requirements

• Python >= 3.8
• Numpy and a Fortran compiler supported by f2py and OpenMP;
• Matplotlib for tests

Citation

Akima, H., 1986: A method of univariate interpolation that has the accuracy of a third-degree polynomial. NTIA Report 86-208. 76 pp.

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Setup System Environment Variables

    # These steps will need to be copied and pasted into your shell any time you want to run the 
    # setup commands within this README.
    
    # Typical users do not have to make any modifications to the commands
    # within this README, and can copy and paste directly.

    # REPO_URL should point to the base URL for git clone commands
    export REPO_URL=https://github.com/NRLMMD-GeoIPS

    # BASEDIR will contain all source, output, and external dependencies
    # Ensure this is consistently set for all installation / setup steps below
    export BASEDIR=$HOME/geoproc

Clone akima86 git repositories required for setup scripts

    mkdir -p $BASEDIR/packages/

    git clone $REPO_URL/akima86.git $BASEDIR/packages/akima86
    git -C $BASEDIR/packages/akima86 pull
    git -C $BASEDIR/packages/akima86 checkout -t origin/dev
    git -C $BASEDIR/packages/akima86 checkout dev
    git -C $BASEDIR/packages/akima86 pull

Install akima86 package

    # (to change default fortran compiler you can use e.g.
    #    python setup.py build config_fc --fcompiler=g95)
    $BASEDIR/packages/akima86/setup.sh install

Test akima86 installation - these test scripts provide you with the full command line calls

    python $BASEDIR/packages/akima86/test/test_akima.py