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Quasi-geostrophic double gyre

The quasi-geostrophic double gyre, the wind-driven circulation of a closed ocean basin.

  • Name: double_gyre
  • Field: physics/oceanography
  • Formalism: ordinary differential equations
  • References: Munk 1950; arXiv:1910.00583

Factory

@register_model(
    field='physics/oceanography',
    tags=('quasi-geostrophic', 'gyre', 'western boundary current', 'field', 'inversion', 'pde'),
    references=('Munk 1950', 'arXiv:1910.00583'),
    defaults={'until': 400.0, 'dt': 0.4, 'solver': RK4Solver(dt=0.4)},
    observables=lambda system: [ObservableSpec('psi', _streamfunction, group='basin', reduce=_sites)],
)
def double_gyre(
    n_sites: int = 64,
    *,
    length: float = 1.0,
    beta: float = 1.0,
    Rd: float = 1.0,
    nu: float = 1.25e-4,
    tau0: float = 1e-5,
) -> System:
    """Return the quasi-geostrophic double gyre, the wind-driven circulation of a closed ocean basin.

    The potential vorticity `q = laplacian(psi) - psi / Rd**2 + beta y` of a square basin of side `length` is carried by
    the geostrophic velocity `(-psi_y, psi_x)` of the streamfunction `psi`, driven by the curl of the wind stress
    `-tau0 cos(2 pi y / length)`, and damped by the viscosity `nu`. The state is the relative potential vorticity
    `zeta = q - beta y`, held at zero on the walls for free slip, so that

        zeta_t + divergence(u zeta) = -beta psi_x - tau0 (2 pi / length) sin(2 pi y / length) + nu laplacian(zeta),

    with `psi = inverse_helmholtz(zeta, 1 / Rd, ('fixed', 0))`. In the viscous steady regime the interior follows the
    Sverdrup balance `beta psi_x = curl(tau)`, and the return flow closes in Munk western boundary layers of width
    `(nu / beta) ** (1 / 3)`, so the streamfunction forms a subtropical and a subpolar gyre of opposite sign whose
    extrema lie close to the western wall. The defaults keep the wind weak, so the boundary layers stay viscous rather
    than inertial, and the circulation is steady after a few hundred units of time. The catalog entry streams the
    streamfunction as the observable `psi`.

    Args:
        n_sites:
            The number of sites along each side of the basin.

        length:
            The side of the basin.

        beta:
            The gradient of the planetary vorticity.

        Rd:
            The deformation radius.

        nu:
            The viscosity.

        tau0:
            The amplitude of the wind stress.

    Returns:
        system:
            The model, with the relative potential vorticity `basin.zeta`.

    Examples:
        >>> from skcomplex.models.physics.oceanography import double_gyre
        >>> double_gyre(16).elements[0].values['beta']
        1.0
    """
    spacing = length / n_sites
    latitudes = (np.arange(n_sites) + 0.5) * spacing
    curl = -tau0 * (2 * np.pi / length) * np.sin(2 * np.pi * latitudes / length)
    values = {
        'zeta': 0.0,
        'beta': beta,
        'Rd': Rd,
        'nu': nu,
        'curl': np.broadcast_to(curl, (n_sites, n_sites)).copy(),
    }
    basin = FieldElement(
        'basin',
        element=QuasiGeostrophicSiteElement,
        space=LatticeSpace((n_sites, n_sites), spacing=spacing, boundary='fixed'),
        boundary={'zeta': ('fixed', 0.0)},
        values=values,
    )
    transport = AdvectionInteraction(
        'transport',
        target='basin',
        state='zeta',
        drift=_velocity,
        source=_beta_drift,
        limiter=None,
        riemann=None,
    )
    wind = RateInteraction('wind', target='basin', state='zeta', rate=_wind)
    viscosity = DiffusionInteraction('viscosity', target='basin', state='zeta', coefficient=_viscosity)
    return System(elements=[basin], interactions=[transport, wind, viscosity])

Components

class QuasiGeostrophicSiteElement(Element):
    """Site of a quasi-geostrophic ocean basin, the relative potential vorticity of the water column at one position.

    The site holds the relative potential vorticity `zeta = laplacian(psi) - psi / Rd**2`, the potential vorticity
    without the planetary part `beta y`, with the planetary vorticity gradient `beta`, the deformation radius `Rd`, the
    viscosity `nu`, and the curl of the wind stress `curl` at the site.

    Args:
        label:
            The label of the site or the basin.

        visual:
            How the site is drawn, or `None` for `default_visual_`.

        zeta:
            The initial relative potential vorticity.

        beta:
            The gradient of the planetary vorticity.

        Rd:
            The deformation radius.

        nu:
            The viscosity.

        curl:
            The curl of the wind stress.

    Examples:
        >>> from skcomplex.models.physics.oceanography import QuasiGeostrophicSiteElement
        >>> QuasiGeostrophicSiteElement('site').beta
        1.0
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        label: str,
        visual: VisualSpec | None = None,
        *,
        zeta: Annotated[float, StateSpec()] = 0.0,
        beta: Annotated[float, ParameterSpec(domain=RealSet.open(0, oo))] = 1.0,
        Rd: Annotated[float, ParameterSpec(domain=RealSet.open(0, oo))] = 1.0,
        nu: Annotated[float, ParameterSpec(domain=RealSet.open(0, oo))] = 1e-4,
        curl: Annotated[float, ParameterSpec()] = 0.0,
    ) -> None:
        super().__init__(label, visual=visual)
        self.zeta = zeta
        self.beta = beta
        self.Rd = Rd
        self.nu = nu
        self.curl = curl

class AdvectionInteraction(ConservationInteraction):
    """Advection `du/dt + divergence(a u) = source(ns)` of a state `u` of a field by a drift field `a(ns)`.

    The flux of the conservation law is the drift times the state, written in conservative form, so the total of the
    state on a periodic field stays constant and, on a spectral field, the dealiasing of products applies to it. The
    drift is one expression for a field of one dimension, or one per dimension, of the states and parameters of the
    field, and may read other states than the one it carries, such as the flow of a fluid derived from a
    streamfunction, or the drift of a probability density in a Fokker-Planck equation.

    Args:
        label:
            The label of the interaction, unique among the parts of its system.

        target:
            The path of the field whose state is carried.

        state:
            The name of the carried state of the field.

        drift:
            A function of the namespace that returns the drift, or one drift per dimension.

        source:
            A function of the namespace that returns the source, or `None` for none.

        limiter:
            The slope limiter of the reconstruction of a finite-volume field, `'minmod'`, `'van-leer'`, or `None`.

        riemann:
            The numerical flux of a finite-volume field, `'rusanov'` or `'godunov'`, or `None` for the divergence of
            the flux on a field of another discretization.

        sources:
            The paths of other elements the drift and the source read, as the namespaces `sources`. A field over the
            position lattice of a target on a phase space is read broadcast along the class axes.

    Raises:
        ValidationError:
            The state is not a name, a function is not callable, or the limiter or the numerical flux is unknown.

    Examples:
        >>> from typing import Annotated
        >>> import numpy as np
        >>> from skcomplex.core.elements import Element, FieldElement
        >>> from skcomplex.core.interactions import AdvectionInteraction
        >>> from skcomplex.core.spaces import LatticeSpace
        >>> from skcomplex.core.system import System
        >>> from skcomplex.engine.runtime import Simulation
        >>> from skcomplex.specs import StateSpec
        >>> class CellElement(Element):
        ...     def __init__(self, label, u: Annotated[float, StateSpec()] = 0.0):
        ...         super().__init__(label)
        ...         self.u = u
        >>> space = LatticeSpace((50,), spacing=0.1, boundary='periodic')
        >>> values = {'u': np.exp(-((np.arange(50) - 25) / 5.0) ** 2)}
        >>> volumes = 'finite-volume'
        >>> field = FieldElement('tracer', element=CellElement, space=space, values=values, discretization=volumes)
        >>> drift = AdvectionInteraction('drift', target='tracer', state='u', drift=lambda s: 1.0)
        >>> system = System(elements=[field], interactions=[drift])
        >>> trajectory = Simulation(system, dt=0.01).check().prepare().run(until=1.0).trajectory_
        >>> total = trajectory.values('tracer.u')[-1].sum()
        >>> round(float(total), 6) == round(float(values['u'].sum()), 6)
        True
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        label: str,
        *,
        target: Annotated[str, RoleSpec()],
        state: str = 'u',
        drift: Callable[[SimpleNamespace], object] | None = None,
        source: Callable[[SimpleNamespace], object] | None = None,
        limiter: str | None = 'minmod',
        riemann: str | None = 'rusanov',
        sources: Annotated[Sequence[str], RoleSpec(variadic=True)] = (),
    ) -> None:
        super().__init__(
            label,
            target=target,
            state=state,
            source=source,
            limiter=limiter,
            riemann=riemann,
            sources=sources,
        )
        self.drift = drift

    def _check(self) -> None:
        """Raise an error for a state that is not a name, a drift that is not callable, or an unknown scheme.

        Raises:
            ValidationError:
                The type declares states, the state is not a name, a function is not callable, or the limiter or the
                numerical flux is unknown.
        """
        super()._check()
        if not callable(self.drift):
            error_msg = f'The drift of {self.label!r} is {self.drift!r}. Give a function of the namespace.'
            raise ValidationError(error_msg)

    def _get_flux(self, namespace: SimpleNamespace) -> object:
        """Return the flux `a u`, one component per component of the drift.

        Args:
            namespace:
                The namespace of the symbols the flux can use, with the namespace of the field.

        Returns:
            flux:
                The flux, one expression or one per dimension.
        """
        state = getattr(self._get_member(namespace, 'target'), self.state)
        drift = self.drift(namespace) if callable(self.drift) else None
        if isinstance(drift, FreeModuleElement | list | tuple):
            return [SR(component) * state for component in drift]
        return SR(drift) * state

class RateInteraction(Interaction):
    """Rate `rate(ns)` and noise `noise(ns) dW` added to the highest time derivative of a state of a target.

    On a state of order 1 the rate is its first derivative, and on a state of order `k` it adds to the `k`-th
    derivative, so rates on one state superpose. With a divisor `d` the rate and the noise are divided by `d`, the name
    of a state or parameter of the target, such as an inertia, a friction, or a capacitance, which backends can read.

    A rate, a noise, or a divisor function takes the namespace of the interaction, with the namespaces `target` and
    `sources` of the bound elements, the time `t`, and the symbols of the parameters a subclass declares. A number
    stands for a constant, and a number on a vector state applies to every component. The noise is a Wiener process per
    component and member by default, a process of a `WienerProcessSpec` to share or correlate it across states and
    members, or a fractional Brownian motion of a Hurst index.

    Args:
        label:
            The label of the interaction, unique among the parts of its system.

        target:
            The path of the element or group whose state the rate changes.

        state:
            The name of the state of the target that the rate changes.

        rate:
            A function of the namespace that returns the rate, or a number.

        sources:
            The paths of the elements or groups the rate and the noise read but do not change.

        noise:
            A function of the namespace that returns the amplitude of the noise, a number, or `None` for no noise.

        divisor:
            The name of the state or parameter of the target that divides the rate and the noise, a function of the
            namespace of the target that returns the divisor, such as a moment of inertia `m l^2`, or `None`.

        process:
            The Wiener processes that drive the noise, or `None` for one independent process per component and member.

        index:
            The process of `process` that drives the noise, or `None` for every process, one per component of a vector
            state.

        convention:
            The stochastic calculus of the noise, `'ito'`, `'stratonovich'`, or `'anti-ito'`.

        hurst:
            The Hurst index in `(0, 1)` of a fractional Brownian motion that drives the noise, a number or a function
            of the namespace that returns a parameter, or `None` for a Wiener process.

        conserved:
            Whether the noise is the divergence of a random flux on the links of the lattice of a field, so it keeps the
            total of the state.

    Raises:
        ValidationError:
            The state is not a name, a function is neither callable nor a number, the convention is unknown, the Hurst
            index is outside `(0, 1)`, or the noise options cannot combine.

    Examples:
        >>> from skcomplex.core.elements import CompartmentElement
        >>> from skcomplex.core.interactions import RateInteraction
        >>> from skcomplex.core.system import System
        >>> from skcomplex.engine.runtime import Simulation
        >>> decay = RateInteraction('decay', target='stock', state='n', rate=lambda s: -0.5 * s.target.n)
        >>> system = System(elements=[CompartmentElement('stock', n=8.0)], interactions=[decay])
        >>> trajectory = Simulation(system, dt=0.01).check().prepare().run(until=2.0).trajectory_
        >>> round(float(trajectory.values('stock.n')[-1]), 3)
        2.943
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        label: str,
        *,
        target: Annotated[str, RoleSpec()],
        state: str = 'x',
        rate: Callable[[SimpleNamespace], object] | float = 0.0,
        sources: Annotated[Sequence[str], RoleSpec(variadic=True)] = (),
        noise: Callable[[SimpleNamespace], object] | float | None = None,
        divisor: str | Callable[[SimpleNamespace], object] | None = None,
        process: Annotated[WienerProcessSpec | None, RoleSpec(noise=True)] = None,
        index: int | None = None,
        convention: str = 'ito',
        hurst: Callable[[SimpleNamespace], object] | float | None = None,
        conserved: bool = False,
    ) -> None:
        super().__init__(label)
        self.target = target
        self.state = state
        self.rate = rate
        self.sources = sources
        self.noise = noise
        self.divisor = divisor
        self.process = process
        self.index = index
        self.convention = convention
        self.hurst = hurst
        self.conserved = conserved

    def _check_functions(self) -> None:
        """Raise an error for a state that is not a name, or a function that is neither callable nor a number."""
        if not isinstance(self.state, str) or not self.state.isidentifier():
            error_msg = (
                f'{type(self).__name__} {self.label!r} changes the state {self.state!r}, which is not a name of a '
                'state.'
            )
            raise ValidationError(error_msg)
        for name in ('rate', 'noise'):
            value = getattr(self, name)
            if not (value is None or callable(value) or isinstance(value, int | float)):
                error_msg = f'The {name} of {self.label!r} is {value!r}. Give a function of the namespace or a number.'
                raise ValidationError(error_msg)
        if not (
            self.divisor is None
            or callable(self.divisor)
            or (isinstance(self.divisor, str) and self.divisor.isidentifier())
        ):
            error_msg = (
                f'The divisor of {self.label!r} is {self.divisor!r}. Give the name of a state or parameter, or a '
                'function of the namespace of the target.'
            )
            raise ValidationError(error_msg)

    def _check_noise(self) -> None:
        """Raise an error for an unknown convention, a Hurst index outside `(0, 1)`, or noise options that conflict."""
        if self.convention not in CONVENTIONS:
            error_msg = f'Unknown noise convention {self.convention!r}. Use one of {", ".join(CONVENTIONS)}.'
            raise ValidationError(error_msg)
        if not (
            self.hurst is None or callable(self.hurst) or (isinstance(self.hurst, int | float) and 0 < self.hurst < 1)
        ):
            error_msg = f'The Hurst index of {self.label!r} is {self.hurst!r}. Give a number in (0, 1) or a function.'
            raise ValidationError(error_msg)
        if self.index is not None and self.process is None:
            error_msg = f'{self.label!r} picks the process {self.index!r} but binds no processes. Give `process`.'
            raise ValidationError(error_msg)
        options = [
            name
            for name, given in (('hurst', self.hurst), ('process', self.process), ('conserved', self.conserved))
            if given
        ]
        if len(options) > 1:
            error_msg = f'The noise of {self.label!r} takes {" and ".join(options)}. Give at most one of them.'
            raise ValidationError(error_msg)

    def _check(self) -> None:
        """Raise an error for a state, functions, or noise options the interaction cannot take.

        Raises:
            ValidationError:
                The type declares states, the state is not a name, a function is neither callable nor a number, the
                convention is unknown, the Hurst index is outside `(0, 1)`, or the noise options cannot combine.
        """
        super()._check()
        self._check_functions()
        self._check_noise()

    def _evaluate(self, function: Callable[[SimpleNamespace], object] | float, namespace: SimpleNamespace) -> object:
        """Return the value of a function of the namespace, or a number as it is."""
        return function(namespace) if callable(function) else function

    def _broadcast(self, value: object, state: object) -> object:
        """Return a value with one component per component of a vector state, repeating a number."""
        if isinstance(state, FreeModuleElement) and not isinstance(value, FreeModuleElement | list | tuple):
            return vector(SR, [value] * len(state))
        if isinstance(value, list | tuple):
            return vector(SR, value)
        return value

    def _divide(self, value: object, namespace: SimpleNamespace) -> object:
        """Return a value divided by the divisor of the target, or the value without a divisor."""
        if self.divisor is None:
            return value
        divisor = (
            self.divisor(self._get_member(namespace, 'target'))
            if callable(self.divisor)
            else getattr(self._get_member(namespace, 'target'), self.divisor)
        )
        return operator.truediv(value, divisor)

    def _get_rate(self, namespace: SimpleNamespace) -> object:
        """Return the rate before the divisor, the hook a subclass overrides to derive it from its parameters."""
        return self._evaluate(self.rate, namespace)

    def _get_noise(self, namespace: SimpleNamespace) -> object:
        """Return the noise amplitude before the divisor, the hook a subclass overrides, or `None` for no noise."""
        return None if self.noise is None else self._evaluate(self.noise, namespace)

    def _get_noise_law(self, state: object, amplitude: object, namespace: SimpleNamespace) -> BasePart:
        """Return the noise law of an amplitude, by the process, the convention, and the Hurst index."""
        if self.hurst is not None:
            hurst = self._evaluate(self.hurst, namespace)
            return FractionalNoiseLaw(state, amplitude, hurst=hurst, convention=self.convention)
        process = None
        if self.process is not None:
            handle = self._get_member(namespace, 'process').dW
            process = handle if self.index is None else handle[self.index]
        return NoiseLaw(state, amplitude, convention=self.convention, process=process, conserved=self.conserved)

    def _get_laws(self, namespace: SimpleNamespace) -> list[BasePart]:
        """Return the rate law of the state and its noise law, both divided by the divisor.

        Args:
            namespace:
                The namespace of the symbols the laws can use, with the namespaces of the target and the sources.

        Returns:
            laws:
                The rate law, and the noise law when the interaction has noise.
        """
        state = getattr(self._get_member(namespace, 'target'), self.state)
        rate = self._divide(self._broadcast(self._get_rate(namespace), state), namespace)
        laws: list[BasePart] = [RateLaw(state, rate)]
        noise = self._get_noise(namespace)
        if noise is not None:
            laws.append(self._get_noise_law(state, self._divide(noise, namespace), namespace))
        return laws

class DiffusionInteraction(ConservationInteraction):
    """Diffusion `du/dt = D laplacian(u)` of a state `u` of a field, the conservation law of the flux `-D gradient(u)`.

    The coefficient `D` is uniform in space, a number or a function of the namespace that returns an expression of
    parameters and time. The interaction lowers to the Laplacian of the field, which its discretization evaluates, so
    the total of the state on a periodic field stays constant and a point mass spreads as the heat kernel.

    Args:
        label:
            The label of the interaction, unique among the parts of its system.

        target:
            The path of the field whose state diffuses.

        state:
            The name of the state of the field that diffuses.

        coefficient:
            A function of the namespace that returns the diffusion coefficient, or a number.

    Raises:
        ValidationError:
            The state is not a name, or the coefficient is neither callable nor a number.

    Examples:
        >>> from typing import Annotated
        >>> import numpy as np
        >>> from skcomplex.core.elements import Element, FieldElement
        >>> from skcomplex.core.interactions import DiffusionInteraction
        >>> from skcomplex.core.spaces import LatticeSpace
        >>> from skcomplex.core.system import System
        >>> from skcomplex.engine.runtime import Simulation
        >>> from skcomplex.specs import StateSpec
        >>> class CellElement(Element):
        ...     def __init__(self, label, u: Annotated[float, StateSpec()] = 0.0):
        ...         super().__init__(label)
        ...         self.u = u
        >>> space = LatticeSpace((40,), spacing=0.1, boundary='periodic')
        >>> field = FieldElement('rod', element=CellElement, space=space, values={'u': np.eye(40)[20]})
        >>> heat = DiffusionInteraction('heat', target='rod', state='u', coefficient=0.1)
        >>> trajectory = Simulation(System(elements=[field], interactions=[heat]), dt=0.01).check().prepare()
        >>> round(float(trajectory.run(until=1.0).trajectory_.values('rod.u')[-1].sum()), 6)
        1.0
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        label: str,
        *,
        target: Annotated[str, RoleSpec()],
        state: str = 'u',
        coefficient: Callable[[SimpleNamespace], object] | float = 1.0,
    ) -> None:
        super().__init__(label, target=target, state=state)
        self.coefficient = coefficient

    def _check(self) -> None:
        """Raise an error for a state that is not a name, or a coefficient that is neither callable nor a number.

        Raises:
            ValidationError:
                The type declares states, the state is not a name, or the coefficient is neither callable nor a number.
        """
        super()._check()
        if not (callable(self.coefficient) or isinstance(self.coefficient, int | float)):
            error_msg = f'The coefficient of {self.label!r} is {self.coefficient!r}. Give a function or a number.'
            raise ValidationError(error_msg)

    def _get_transport_laws(self, namespace: SimpleNamespace) -> list[BasePart]:
        """Return the rate `D laplacian(u)` of the state, the divergence of the diffusive flux.

        Args:
            namespace:
                The namespace of the symbols the laws can use, with the namespace of the field.

        Returns:
            laws:
                The rate law of the state.
        """
        coefficient = self.coefficient(namespace) if callable(self.coefficient) else self.coefficient
        state = getattr(self._get_member(namespace, 'target'), self.state)
        return [RateLaw(state, coefficient * laplacian(state))]

Equations

basin.zeta[i]: diff(zeta_basin(t), t) == nu_basin*laplacian(zeta_basin(t)) - beta_basin*partial(inverse_helmholtz(zeta_basin(t), 1/Rd_basin, 2, 0), 0) + curl_basin - partial(-partial(inverse_helmholtz(zeta_basin(t), 1/Rd_basin, 2, 0), 1)*zeta_basin(t), 0) - partial(partial(inverse_helmholtz(zeta_basin(t), 1/Rd_basin, 2, 0), 0)*zeta_basin(t), 1)