SPHERE_FIBONACCI_GRID
Fibonacci Spiral Grid on a Sphere

SPHERE_FIBONACCI_GRID is a Python library which constructs a grid of points using the Fibonacci spiral over the surface of a sphere in 3D.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

SPHERE_FIBONACCI_GRID is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

BALL_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of a ball in 3D.

CIRCLE_ARC_GRID, a Python program which computes points equally spaced along a circular arc;

CUBE_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of a cube in 3D.

DISK_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of a disk in 2D.

ELLIPSE_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of an ellipse in 2D.

ELLIPSOID_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of an ellipsoid in 3D.

HYPERCUBE_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of a hypercube in M dimensions.

LINE_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of a line segment in 1D.

POLYGON_GRID, a Python library which generates a grid of points over the interior of a polygon in 2D.

PYRAMID_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of the unit pyramid in 3D;

SIMPLEX_GRID, a Python library which generates a grid of points over the interior of a simplex in M dimensions.

SPHERE_INTEGRALS, a Python library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the surface of the unit sphere in 3D.

SPHERE_LLQ_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of quadrilaterals bounded by latitude and longitude lines over the surface of a sphere in 3D.

SPHERE_LLT_GRID, a Python library which uses longitudes and latitudes to create grids of points, lines, and triangles on the surface of the unit sphere in 3D.

SPHERE_MONTE_CARLO, a Python library which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function on the surface of the unit sphere in 3D;

SQUARE_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of a square in 2D.

TETRAHEDRON_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of a tetrahedron in 3D.

TRIANGLE_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of a triangle in 2D.

WEDGE_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of the unit wedge in 3D.

Reference:

1. Edward Saff, Arno Kuijlaars,
   Distributing Many Points on a Sphere,
   The Mathematical Intelligencer,
   Volume 19, Number 1, 1997, pages 5-11.
2. Richard Swinbank, James Purser,
   Fibonacci grids: A novel approach to global modelling,
   Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society,
   Volume 132, Number 619, July 2006 Part B, pages 1769-1793.

Source Code:

• r8mat_print.py, prints an R8MAT.
• r8mat_print_some.py, prints some of an R8MAT.
• r8mat_write.py, writes an R8MAT to a file.
• sphere_fibonacci_grid_display.py, displays a spherical Fibonacci grid.
• sphere_fibonacci_grid_points.py, computes the points on a spherical Fibonacci grid.
• timestamp.py, prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.

Examples and Tests:

• sphere_fibonacci_grid_test.py, calls all the tests;
• sphere_fibonacci_grid_test.sh, runs all the tests;
• sphere_fibonacci_grid_test.txt, the output file.
• sphere_fibonacci_grid_points.xyz, a text file containing the coordinates of the grid points.
• sphere_fibonacci_grid_display.png, a PNG image of a plot of the grid.

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