Random generation of observations (random / param)¶
Description¶
Generates random observations at random location/time/frequency/duration/etc.
Random observations are generated using a uniform distribution between specified
arguments obs_min and obs_max.
Observation “stations” are randomly located in the reference domain.
By default, “stations” are simply given an ID from 0 to nstations.
It is possible to specify a list of names using station_names.
This is particularly useful when computing simulations with a Lagrangian model
which identifies observations with their station name and date.
Yaml arguments¶
The following arguments are used to configure the plugin. pyCIF will return an exception at the initialization if mandatory arguments are not specified, or if any argument does not fit accepted values or type:
Mandatory arguments¶
nstations: (mandatory)
Number of stations to generate
accepted type: <class ‘int’>
Optional arguments¶
frequency: (optional): 1H
Frequency of generated observations
accepted type: <class ‘str’>
duration: (optional): 1H
Duration of generated observations
accepted type: <class ‘str’>
zmax: (optional): 100
Stations are randomly located between 0 m a.g.l. and zmax m a.g.l
accepted type: <class ‘float’>
obs_min: (optional): 0
Lower range of the observations for uniform distribution
accepted type: <class ‘float’>
obs_max: (optional): 1
Upper range of the observations for uniform distribution
accepted type: <class ‘float’>
random_subperiod_shift: (optional): False
Randomly shift observations within their frequency. For instance, if the frequency is hourly, and
random_subperiod_shiftis True, hourly observations will be generated, but with a random shift of 0-60 minutes for each observations.accepted type: <class ‘bool’>
seed: (optional): False
Use a fixed seed to generate observations
accepted type: <class ‘bool’>
seed_id: (optional): 0
The seed to be used to generate observations. The associated command is np.random.seed
accepted type: <class ‘int’>
station_names: (optional)
List of station names to be used. Should be at least larger than nstations
accepted type: <class ‘list’>
Requirements¶
The current plugin requires the present plugins to run properly:
Requirement name |
Requirement type |
Explicit definition |
Any valid |
Default name |
Default version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
domain |
False |
True |
None |
None |
Yaml template¶
Please find below a template for a Yaml configuration:
1measurements:
2 plugin:
3 name: random
4 version: param
5 type: measurements
6
7 # Mandatory arguments
8 nstations: XXXXX
9
10 # Optional arguments
11 frequency: XXXXX
12 duration: XXXXX
13 zmax: XXXXX
14 obs_min: XXXXX
15 obs_max: XXXXX
16 random_subperiod_shift: XXXXX
17 seed: XXXXX
18 seed_id: XXXXX
19 station_names: XXXXX
