glow2d 3.3.0

NCAR GLOW model for 2D observation geometry

GLOW2D

This package builds off of the GLobal airglOW model. The GLOW model is evaluated on an altitude grid at a location. For non-zenith observation geometries, the model requires evaluation at multiple points along the line of sight. The glow2d library wraps the ncarglow.no_precipitation() function to generate the output on a 2D grid in a geocentric (GEO) coordinate system and in a local (ZA, R) coordinate system.

Installation

Directly using pip:

$ pip install glow2d

Indirectly by git clone:

$ git clone https://github.com/sunipkm/glow2d && cd glow2d
$ pip install .

Dependencies

The following non-trivial dependencies are present:

• ncarglow
• geomagdata
• geopy
• haversine
• xarray

This code uses glowpython package to run the GLOW model. geomagdata is used to get the $F_{10.7}$ and $A_p$ indices from the new data source.

Usage

For example:

from datetime import datetime
from glow2d import glow2d_polar as grc

time = datetime(2022, 2, 15, 20, 0, 0).astimezone('UTC') # 20:00 hours local in UTC
lat, lon = 42.64981361744372, -71.31681056737486 # location of observation
bearing = 40 # 40 deg northeast, refer to geopy.GreatCircleDistance().destination() for more info.

iono_loc, iono_geo = grc.polar_model(time, lat, lon, bearing, full_output=True) # generate output in local and GEO coordinates

The iono_loc dataset is:

<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions:     (za: 200, r: 500, wavelength: 15, energy: 100)
Coordinates:
  * za          (za) float64 1.571 1.563 1.555 1.547 ... 0.01579 0.007893 0.0
  * r           (r) float64 0.0 7.391 14.78 ... 3.673e+03 3.681e+03 3.688e+03
  * wavelength  (wavelength) <U21 '3371' '4278' '5200' ... '1356' '1493' '1304'
  * energy      (energy) float64 0.2 0.8 1.2 1.8 2.2 ... 457.3 480.7 505.4 531.3
Data variables: (12/18)
    Tn          (za, r) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    O           (za, r) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    N2          (za, r) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    O2          (za, r) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    NO          (za, r) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    NeIn        (za, r) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    ...          ...
    pederson    (za, r) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    hall        (za, r) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    Te          (za, r) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    Ti          (za, r) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    ver         (za, r, wavelength) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    precip      (r, energy) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Attributes:
    geomag_params:                       Ap     Kp   f107 resolution       f1...
    time:           2022-02-15T11:00:00+00:00
    glatlon:        (42.64981361744372, -71.31681056737486)

The iono_geo dataset is:

<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions:         (angle: 100, alt_km: 250, wavelength: 15, state: 12,
                     energy: 100)
Coordinates:
  * alt_km          (alt_km) float64 60.0 60.6 61.2 61.8 ... 953.4 957.9 962.4
  * wavelength      (wavelength) <U21 '3371' '4278' '5200' ... '1493' '1304'
  * state           (state) <U6 'O+(2P)' 'O+(2D)' 'O+(4S)' ... 'O(1S)' 'O(1D)'
  * energy          (energy) float64 0.2 0.8 1.2 1.8 ... 457.3 480.7 505.4 531.3
  * angle           (angle) float64 0.0 0.005323 0.01065 ... 0.5163 0.5217 0.527
    lat             (angle) float64 42.65 42.88 43.12 ... 60.15 60.25 60.34
    lon             (angle) float64 -71.32 -71.05 -70.78 ... -31.7 -31.12 -30.53
Data variables: (12/21)
    Tn              (angle, alt_km) float64 237.0 236.0 235.0 ... 815.0 815.0
    O               (angle, alt_km) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 1.2e+03 1.11e+03
    N2              (angle, alt_km) float64 4.49e+15 4.17e+15 ... 0.0102 0.00893
    O2              (angle, alt_km) float64 1.2e+15 1.12e+15 ... 1.9e-05
    NO              (angle, alt_km) float64 7.81e+07 7.81e+07 ... 5.92e-08
    NeIn            (angle, alt_km) float64 100.0 100.0 ... 2.35e+04 2.34e+04
    ...              ...
    Ti              (angle, alt_km) float64 236.9 235.9 ... 2.715e+03 2.726e+03
    ver             (angle, alt_km, wavelength) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0
    production      (angle, alt_km, state) float64 0.0 nan nan ... 0.0 0.0 0.0
    loss            (angle, alt_km, state) float64 nan nan nan ... 0.0 1.1 0.01
    precip          (angle, energy) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    excitedDensity  (angle, alt_km, state) float64 nan nan nan ... 0.0 0.0 0.01
...
Attributes:
    geomag_params:                       Ap     Kp   f107 resolution       f1...
    time:           2022-02-15T11:00:00+00:00
    glatlon:        (42.64981361744372, -71.31681056737486)

All angles are in radians, and distances in km. Due to the nature of the coordinate transformation, local coordinate outputs do not contain any NaN values.