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grib/grid/
gaussian.rs

1use super::helpers::{RegularGridIterator, evenly_spaced_longitudes};
2use crate::{GridPointIndex, def::grib2::template::param_set, error::GribError, grid::AngleUnit};
3
4const MAX_ITER: usize = 10;
5
6impl crate::GridShortName for param_set::GaussianGrid {
7    fn short_name(&self) -> &'static str {
8        "regular_gg"
9    }
10}
11
12impl GridPointIndex for param_set::GaussianGrid {
13    fn grid_shape(&self) -> (usize, usize) {
14        (self.grid.ni as usize, self.grid.nj as usize)
15    }
16
17    fn scanning_mode(&self) -> &super::ScanningMode {
18        &self.scanning_mode
19    }
20}
21
22impl crate::LatLons for param_set::GaussianGrid {
23    type Iter<'a> = RegularGridIterator;
24
25    fn latlons_unchecked<'a>(&'a self) -> Result<Self::Iter<'a>, GribError> {
26        if !self.is_consistent_for_j() {
27            return Err(GribError::InvalidValueError(
28                "Latitudes for first/last grid points are not consistent with scanning mode"
29                    .to_owned(),
30            ));
31        }
32
33        let ij = self.ij()?;
34        let mut lat = compute_gaussian_latitudes_in_degrees(self.grid.nj as usize)
35            .map_err(|e| GribError::Unknown(e.to_owned()))?;
36        if self.scanning_mode.scans_positively_for_j() {
37            lat.reverse()
38        };
39        let lat = lat.into_iter().map(|v| v as f32).collect();
40        let lon = evenly_spaced_longitudes(
41            self.grid.first_point_lon,
42            self.grid.last_point_lon,
43            (self.grid.ni - 1) as usize,
44            self.angle_unit() as f32,
45            self.scanning_mode,
46        );
47
48        let iter = RegularGridIterator::new(lat, lon, ij);
49        Ok(iter)
50    }
51}
52
53impl AngleUnit for param_set::GaussianGrid {
54    fn angle_unit(&self) -> f64 {
55        self.grid.angle_unit()
56    }
57}
58
59impl param_set::GaussianGrid {
60    pub(crate) fn is_consistent_for_j(&self) -> bool {
61        let lat_diff = self.grid.last_point_lat - self.grid.first_point_lat;
62        !((lat_diff > 0) ^ self.scanning_mode.scans_positively_for_j())
63    }
64}
65
66fn compute_gaussian_latitudes_in_degrees(div: usize) -> Result<Vec<f64>, &'static str> {
67    let lat: Option<Vec<_>> = compute_gaussian_latitudes(div)
68        .map(|x| x.map(|i| i.to_degrees()))
69        .collect();
70    lat.ok_or("finding root for Legendre polynomial failed")
71}
72
73/// Computes Gaussian latitudes in radians.
74///
75/// The Newton-Raphson method is used for the computation.
76/// If the computation does not converge and no solution is obtained after the
77/// predefined number of iterations (10), the solution will have the value
78/// `None`.
79///
80/// # Examples
81///
82/// ```
83/// let mut iter = grib::utils::compute_gaussian_latitudes(0);
84/// assert_eq!(iter.next(), None);
85///
86/// let mut iter = grib::utils::compute_gaussian_latitudes(1);
87/// assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(Some(0.0)));
88/// assert_eq!(iter.next(), None);
89///
90/// let mut iter = grib::utils::compute_gaussian_latitudes(2);
91/// assert!((iter.next().unwrap().unwrap() - (1.0 / 3.0_f64.sqrt()).asin()).abs() < 1e-15);
92/// assert!((iter.next().unwrap().unwrap() - (-1.0 / 3.0_f64.sqrt()).asin()).abs() < 1e-15);
93/// assert_eq!(iter.next(), None);
94/// ```
95pub fn compute_gaussian_latitudes(div: usize) -> impl Iterator<Item = Option<f64>> {
96    legendre_roots_iterator(div).map(|x| x.map(|i| i.asin()))
97}
98
99// Finds roots (zero points) of the Legendre polynomial using Newton–Raphson
100// method.
101//
102// The implementation uses initial guess based on following papers:
103//
104// - Francesco G. Tricomi, Sugli zeri dei polinomi sferici ed ultrasferici,
105//   Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata, 31 (1950), pp. 93–97.
106// - F.G. Lether, P.R. Wenston, Minimax approximations to the zeros of Pn(x) and
107//   Gauss-Legendre quadrature, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics,
108//   Volume 59, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 245-252, ISSN 0377-0427, https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-0427(94)00030-5.
109fn legendre_roots_iterator(n: usize) -> impl Iterator<Item = Option<f64>> {
110    let coeff = 1.0_f64 - 1.0 / (8 * n * n) as f64 + 1.0 / (8 * n * n * n) as f64;
111    (0..n).map(move |i| {
112        let guess = coeff * ((4 * i + 3) as f64 * std::f64::consts::PI / (4 * n + 2) as f64).cos();
113        find_root(guess, |x| {
114            let (p_prev, p) = legendre_polynomial(n, x);
115            let fpx = legendre_polynomial_derivative(n, x, p_prev, p);
116            p / fpx
117        })
118    })
119}
120
121// `n` is assumed to be greater than or equal to 2.
122fn legendre_polynomial(n: usize, x: f64) -> (f64, f64) {
123    let mut p0 = 1.0;
124    let mut p1 = x;
125    for k in 2..=n {
126        let pk = ((2 * k - 1) as f64 * x * p1 - (k - 1) as f64 * p0) / k as f64;
127        p0 = p1;
128        p1 = pk;
129    }
130    (p0, p1)
131}
132
133fn legendre_polynomial_derivative(n: usize, x: f64, p_prev: f64, p: f64) -> f64 {
134    (n as f64 * (p_prev - x * p)) / (1.0 - x * x)
135}
136
137// Finds a root (zero point) of the given function using Newton–Raphson method.
138fn find_root<F>(initial_guess: f64, f: F) -> Option<f64>
139where
140    F: Fn(f64) -> f64,
141{
142    let mut count = MAX_ITER;
143    let mut x = initial_guess;
144    while count > 0 {
145        let dx = f(x);
146        x -= dx;
147        if dx.abs() < f64::EPSILON {
148            return Some(x);
149        }
150
151        count -= 1;
152    }
153    None
154}
155
156#[cfg(test)]
157mod tests {
158    use super::*;
159    use crate::{LatLons, grid::helpers::test_helpers::assert_almost_eq};
160
161    #[test]
162    fn latlon_computation_for_real_world_gaussian_grid_compared_with_results_from_eccodes()
163    -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
164        let buf =
165            crate::test_utils::decompress_to_vec(crate::test_utils::data::grib2::NOAA_GDAS_SFLUX)?;
166
167        let f = std::io::Cursor::new(buf);
168        let grib2 = crate::from_reader(f)?;
169
170        let ((_, _), first_submessage) = grib2
171            .submessages()
172            .next()
173            .ok_or_else(|| Box::<dyn std::error::Error>::from("first submessage not found"))?;
174        let grid_shape = first_submessage.grid_shape()?;
175        assert_eq!(grid_shape, (3072, 1536));
176
177        // Results from the following command line using ecCodes:
178        //
179        // ```
180        // xzcat testdata/gdas.t00z.sfluxgrbf000.grib2.0.xz \
181        //     | grib_get_data -m foo -L "%11.6f%11.6f" - \
182        //     | grep -v '^Latitude' | awk '{print $1;}' | uniq | head -160
183        // ```
184        let first_160_lats_expected = "
185                89.910325 89.794157 89.677304 89.560296 89.443229 89.326134 89.209022 89.091901
186                88.974774 88.857642 88.740506 88.623369 88.506229 88.389088 88.271946 88.154803
187                88.037660 87.920515 87.803370 87.686225 87.569079 87.451933 87.334787 87.217640
188                87.100493 86.983346 86.866199 86.749052 86.631904 86.514757 86.397609 86.280461
189                86.163313 86.046165 85.929017 85.811869 85.694721 85.577572 85.460424 85.343275
190                85.226127 85.108979 84.991830 84.874681 84.757533 84.640384 84.523236 84.406087
191                84.288938 84.171789 84.054641 83.937492 83.820343 83.703194 83.586045 83.468896
192                83.351747 83.234599 83.117450 83.000301 82.883152 82.766003 82.648854 82.531705
193                82.414556 82.297407 82.180258 82.063109 81.945960 81.828811 81.711662 81.594512
194                81.477363 81.360214 81.243065 81.125916 81.008767 80.891618 80.774469 80.657320
195                80.540171 80.423021 80.305872 80.188723 80.071574 79.954425 79.837276 79.720126
196                79.602977 79.485828 79.368679 79.251530 79.134381 79.017231 78.900082 78.782933
197                78.665784 78.548635 78.431485 78.314336 78.197187 78.080038 77.962888 77.845739
198                77.728590 77.611441 77.494292 77.377142 77.259993 77.142844 77.025695 76.908545
199                76.791396 76.674247 76.557098 76.439948 76.322799 76.205650 76.088501 75.971351
200                75.854202 75.737053 75.619904 75.502754 75.385605 75.268456 75.151306 75.034157
201                74.917008 74.799859 74.682709 74.565560 74.448411 74.331262 74.214112 74.096963
202                73.979814 73.862664 73.745515 73.628366 73.511217 73.394067 73.276918 73.159769
203                73.042619 72.925470 72.808321 72.691172 72.574022 72.456873 72.339724 72.222574
204                72.105425 71.988276 71.871126 71.753977 71.636828 71.519679 71.402529 71.285380
205            ";
206        let first_160_lats_expected = first_160_lats_expected
207            .split_whitespace()
208            .filter_map(|s| s.parse::<f32>().ok());
209
210        let delta = 1.0e-6;
211        let first_160_lats = first_submessage
212            .latlons()?
213            .map(|(lat, _lon)| lat)
214            .step_by(3072)
215            .take(160);
216        for (actual, expected) in first_160_lats.zip(first_160_lats_expected) {
217            assert_almost_eq!(actual, expected, delta);
218        }
219
220        // Results from the following command line using ecCodes:
221        //
222        // ```
223        // xzcat testdata/gdas.t00z.sfluxgrbf000.grib2.0.xz \
224        //     | grib_get_data -m foo -L "%11.6f%11.6f" - \
225        //     | grep -v '^Latitude' | awk '{print $2;}' | head -160
226        // ```
227        let first_160_lons_expected = "
228                0.000000  0.117188  0.234375  0.351563  0.468750  0.585938  0.703125  0.820313
229                0.937500  1.054688  1.171875  1.289063  1.406250  1.523438  1.640625  1.757813
230                1.875000  1.992188  2.109375  2.226563  2.343750  2.460938  2.578125  2.695313
231                2.812500  2.929688  3.046875  3.164063  3.281250  3.398438  3.515625  3.632813
232                3.750000  3.867188  3.984375  4.101563  4.218750  4.335938  4.453125  4.570313
233                4.687500  4.804688  4.921875  5.039063  5.156250  5.273438  5.390625  5.507813
234                5.625000  5.742188  5.859375  5.976563  6.093750  6.210938  6.328125  6.445313
235                6.562500  6.679688  6.796875  6.914063  7.031250  7.148438  7.265625  7.382813
236                7.500000  7.617188  7.734375  7.851563  7.968750  8.085938  8.203125  8.320313
237                8.437500  8.554688  8.671875  8.789063  8.906250  9.023438  9.140625  9.257813
238                9.375000  9.492188  9.609375  9.726563  9.843750  9.960938  10.078125 10.195313
239                10.312500 10.429688 10.546875 10.664063 10.781250 10.898438 11.015625 11.132813
240                11.250000 11.367188 11.484375 11.601563 11.718750 11.835938 11.953125 12.070313
241                12.187500 12.304688 12.421875 12.539063 12.656250 12.773438 12.890625 13.007813
242                13.125000 13.242188 13.359375 13.476563 13.593750 13.710938 13.828125 13.945313
243                14.062500 14.179688 14.296875 14.414063 14.531250 14.648438 14.765625 14.882813
244                15.000000 15.117188 15.234375 15.351563 15.468750 15.585938 15.703125 15.820313
245                15.937500 16.054688 16.171875 16.289063 16.406250 16.523438 16.640625 16.757813
246                16.875000 16.992188 17.109375 17.226563 17.343750 17.460938 17.578125 17.695313
247                17.812500 17.929688 18.046875 18.164063 18.281250 18.398438 18.515625 18.632813
248                ";
249        let first_160_lons_expected = first_160_lons_expected
250            .split_whitespace()
251            .filter_map(|s| s.parse::<f32>().ok());
252
253        let delta = 2.0e-6;
254        let first_160_lons = first_submessage.latlons()?.map(|(_lat, lon)| lon).take(160);
255        for (actual, expected) in first_160_lons.zip(first_160_lons_expected) {
256            assert_almost_eq!(actual, expected, delta);
257        }
258
259        Ok(())
260    }
261
262    macro_rules! test_legendre_roots_iterator_with_analytical_solutions {
263        ($((
264            $name:ident,
265            $n:expr,
266            $expected:expr,
267        ),)*) => ($(
268            #[test]
269            fn $name() {
270                let actual = legendre_roots_iterator($n);
271                let expected = $expected.into_iter();
272                for (actual_val, expected_val) in actual.zip(expected) {
273                    assert!(actual_val.is_some());
274                    let actual_val = actual_val.unwrap();
275                    assert_almost_eq!(actual_val, expected_val, f64::EPSILON);
276                }
277            }
278        )*);
279    }
280
281    test_legendre_roots_iterator_with_analytical_solutions! {
282        (
283            legendre_roots_iterator_for_n_being_2_compared_with_analytical_solutions,
284            2,
285            vec![1.0 / 3.0_f64.sqrt(), -1.0 / 3.0_f64.sqrt()],
286        ),
287        (
288            legendre_roots_iterator_for_n_being_5_compared_with_analytical_solutions,
289            5,
290            vec![
291                (5.0_f64 + 2.0 * (10.0_f64 / 7.0).sqrt()).sqrt() / 3.0,
292                (5.0_f64 - 2.0 * (10.0_f64 / 7.0).sqrt()).sqrt() / 3.0,
293                0.0,
294                - (5.0_f64 - 2.0 * (10.0_f64 / 7.0).sqrt()).sqrt() / 3.0,
295                - (5.0_f64 + 2.0 * (10.0_f64 / 7.0).sqrt()).sqrt() / 3.0,
296            ],
297        ),
298    }
299
300    // Values are copied and pasted from ["Features for ERA-40 grids"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160925045844/http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/common/ecmwf/ERA40/docs/std-transformations/dss_code_glwp.html).
301    #[test]
302    fn gaussian_latitudes_computation_compared_with_numerical_solutions() {
303        let n = 160;
304        let result = compute_gaussian_latitudes_in_degrees(n);
305        assert!(result.is_ok());
306
307        let actual = result.unwrap().into_iter().take(n / 2);
308        let expected = "
309                    +   89.1416,  88.0294,  86.9108,  85.7906,  84.6699,  83.5489,
310                    +   82.4278,  81.3066,  80.1853,  79.0640,  77.9426,  76.8212,
311                    +   75.6998,  74.5784,  73.4570,  72.3356,  71.2141,  70.0927,
312                    +   68.9712,  67.8498,  66.7283,  65.6069,  64.4854,  63.3639,
313                    +   62.2425,  61.1210,  59.9995,  58.8780,  57.7566,  56.6351,
314                    +   55.5136,  54.3921,  53.2707,  52.1492,  51.0277,  49.9062,
315                    +   48.7847,  47.6632,  46.5418,  45.4203,  44.2988,  43.1773,
316                    +   42.0558,  40.9343,  39.8129,  38.6914,  37.5699,  36.4484,
317                    +   35.3269,  34.2054,  33.0839,  31.9624,  30.8410,  29.7195,
318                    +   28.5980,  27.4765,  26.3550,  25.2335,  24.1120,  22.9905,
319                    +   21.8690,  20.7476,  19.6261,  18.5046,  17.3831,  16.2616,
320                    +   15.1401,  14.0186,  12.8971,  11.7756,  10.6542,   9.5327,
321                    +    8.4112,   7.2897,   6.1682,   5.0467,   3.9252,   2.8037,
322                    +    1.6822,   0.5607 /
323                    ";
324        let expected = expected
325            .split(&['+', ' ', ',', '\n', '/'])
326            .filter_map(|s| s.parse::<f64>().ok());
327
328        let delta = 1.0e-4;
329        for (actual_val, expected_val) in actual.zip(expected) {
330            assert_almost_eq!(actual_val, expected_val, delta);
331        }
332    }
333
334    #[test]
335    fn finding_root() {
336        let actual = find_root(1.0, |x| {
337            let fx = x * x - 2.0;
338            let fpx = x * 2.0;
339            fx / fpx
340        });
341        assert!(actual.is_some());
342        let expected = 1.41421356;
343        assert_almost_eq!(actual.unwrap(), expected, 1.0e-8)
344    }
345
346    #[test]
347    fn failure_to_find_root() {
348        let actual = find_root(1000.0, |x| {
349            let fx = x * x - 2.0;
350            let fpx = x * 2.0;
351            fx / fpx
352        });
353        assert!(actual.is_none());
354    }
355}