def test_vMax(self):
"""Testing vMax"""
#testing willoughby
for i in xrange(self.pc.size):
self.assertAlmostEqual(vmax.vmax(self.pc[i], self.pe, "willoughby"), self.vmax["will"][i], 3)
#testing holland
for i in xrange(self.pc.size):
self.assertAlmostEqual(vmax.vmax(self.pc[i], self.pe, "holland"), self.vmax["holl"][i], 3)
#testing atkinson
for i in xrange(self.pc.size):
self.assertAlmostEqual(vmax.vmax(self.pc[i], self.pe, "atkinson"), self.vmax["atkin"][i], 3)
#testing exceptions
self.assertRaises(ValueError, vmax.vmax, 1500.0, 1000.0)
self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError, vmax.vmax, 1000.0, 1500.0, "will")
def test_vMax(self):
"""Testing vMax"""
#testing willoughby
for i in xrange(self.pc.size):
self.assertAlmostEqual(
vmax.vmax(self.pc[i], self.pe, "willoughby"),
self.vmax["will"][i], 3)
#testing holland
for i in xrange(self.pc.size):
self.assertAlmostEqual(vmax.vmax(self.pc[i], self.pe, "holland"),
self.vmax["holl"][i], 3)
#testing atkinson
for i in xrange(self.pc.size):
self.assertAlmostEqual(vmax.vmax(self.pc[i], self.pe, "atkinson"),
self.vmax["atkin"][i], 3)
#testing exceptions
self.assertRaises(ValueError, vmax.vmax, 1500.0, 1000.0)
self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError, vmax.vmax, 1000.0, 1500.0,
"will")
def willoughby(self):
"""
The Willoughby & Rahn (2004) relation, which makes beta a function of
Vmax, rMax and latitude. We use Willoughby & Rahn's (2004) relation
for Vmax *only*.
This determines the beta parameter then calls Holland (which means the
profile is cubic within Rmax) to calculate the wind profile.
The beta term calculation is based on Atlantic and Eastern Pacific cyclone
data, not Australian data.
"""
vMax = vmax.vmax(self.pCentre, self.pEnv, type="willoughby")
beta = 1.0036 + 0.0173*vMax - 0.313*numpy.log(self.rMax) \
+ 0.0087*numpy.abs(self.cLat)
P = self.holland(beta)
return P
def willoughby(self):
"""
The Willoughby & Rahn (2004) relation, which makes beta a function of
Vmax, rMax and latitude. We use Willoughby & Rahn's (2004) relation
for Vmax *only*.
This determines the beta parameter then calls Holland (which means the
profile is cubic within Rmax) to calculate the wind profile.
The beta term calculation is based on Atlantic and Eastern Pacific cyclone
data, not Australian data.
"""
vMax = vmax.vmax(self.pCentre, self.pEnv, type="willoughby")
beta = 1.0036 + 0.0173*vMax - 0.313*numpy.log(self.rMax) \
+ 0.0087*numpy.abs(self.cLat)
P = self.holland(beta)
return P
