Sample Workflow

In iPython, run:

import sami2py

If this is your first import of sami2py, it will remind you to set the top level directory that will hold the model output. This should be a string containing the path to the directory you want to store the data in, such as path='/Users/me/data/sami2py' or path='C:\home\data'. This should be outside the main code directory, so model output files are not confused with model inputs or source code. If you are using Git, it will also ensure that Git does not try to store your local code runs within the repository.

sami2py.utils.set_archive_dir(path=path)

sami2py will raise an error if this is not done before trying to run the model.

sami2py.run_model(tag='run_name', lon=0, year=2012, day=210)

Note that the sami2 model runs for 24 hours to clear transients, then begins to output data.

Now load the resultant data:

ModelRun = sami2py.Model(tag='run_name', lon=0, year=2012, day=210)

The data is stored as ModelRun.data, which is an xarray.Dataset. Information about the run is stored as ‘ModelRun.MetaData’, which is a human-readable dictionary of the namelist.

The MetaData can be accessed directly via the dictionary, or through the __repr__. Typing

ModelRun

yields

Model Run Name = test
Day 256, 1999
Longitude = 256 deg
2 time steps from  0.1 to  0.1 UT
Ions Used: H+, O+, NO+, O2+, He+, N2+

Solar Activity
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F10.7: 120.0 sfu
F10.7A: 120.0 sfu
ap: 0

Component Models Used
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Neutral Atmosphere: NRLMSISe-2000
Winds: HWM-14
Photoproduction: EUVAC
ExB Drifts: Fejer-Scherliess

No modifications to empirical models

Full description coming soon