sed_tools

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add paragraph description of the module

The tools are defined in pyDeltaRCM.sed_tools.

Public API methods attached to model

The following methods are defined in the sed_tools class, of the pyDeltaRCM.sed_tools module.

sed_tools()

class pyDeltaRCM.sed_tools.sed_tools

route_all_mud_parcels()

Route mud parcels.

This method largely wraps the MudRouter. First, the number of parcels and sand fraction (f_bedload) are used to determine starting locations for mud parcels. Next, these locations are sent to the MudRouter, along with many other model state variables.

Finally, variables are unpacked from the MudRouter and updated in the model fields, where they are later used by the water parcel routing.

Examples

The cumulative effect of routing all sand parcels:

(png, hires.png)

(png, hires.png)

route_all_sand_parcels()

Route sand parcels; topo diffusion.

This method largely wraps the SandRouter. First, the number of parcels and sand fraction (f_bedload) are used to determine starting locations for sand parcels. Next, these locations are sent to the SandRouter, along with many other model state variables.

Finally, variables are unpacked from the SandRouter and updated in the model fields, where they are later used by the MudRouter and the water parcel routing.

Examples

The cumulative effect of routing all sand parcels:

(png, hires.png)

(png, hires.png)

sed_route()

Sediment routing main method.

This is the main method for sediment routing in the model. It is called once per update() call.

topo_diffusion()

Diffuse topography after routing.

Diffuse topography after routing all coarse sediment parcels. The operation is repeated N_crossdiff times.

Router classes

The following classes are defined in the pyDeltaRCM.sed_tools module. These sediment routing classes are jitted for speed.

SandRouter(*args, **kwargs)	Jitted class to route sand.
MudRouter(*args, **kwargs)	Jitted class to route mud.
BaseRouter()	BaseRouter.

sed_tools helper functions

Additionally, the sediment parcel step-weighting function is defined at the module level in pyDeltaRCM.sed_tools.

pyDeltaRCM.sed_tools._get_weight_at_cell_sediment(ind, weight_int, depth_nbrs, ct_nbrs, dry_depth, theta, distances_flat)

Get neighbor weight array for sediment routing.

Todo

Expand description. Include example? Equation? Link to Morphodynamics document.