pygmt.surface¶

pygmt.surface(x=None, y=None, z=None, data=None, **kwargs)[source]¶

Grids table data using adjustable tension continuous curvature splines.

Surface reads randomly-spaced (x,y,z) triples and produces gridded values z(x,y) by solving:

(1 - T) * L (L (z)) + T * L (z) = 0

where T is a tension factor between 0 and 1, and L indicates the Laplacian operator.

Takes a matrix, xyz triples, or a file name as input.

Must provide either data or x, y, and z.

Aliases:

Parameters

x/y/z (1d arrays) – Arrays of x and y coordinates and values z of the data points.
data (str or 2d array) – Either a data file name or a 2d numpy array with the tabular data.
spacing (str) – 'xinc[unit][+e|n][/yinc[unit][+e|n]]'. x_inc [and optionally y_inc] is the grid spacing.
region (str or list) – 'xmin/xmax/ymin/ymax[+r][+uunit]'. Specify the region of interest.
outfile (str) – Optional. The file name for the output netcdf file with extension .nc to store the grid in.
verbose (str) –
Select verbosity level [Default is w], which modulates the messages written to stderr. Choose among 7 levels of verbosity:
- q - Quiet, not even fatal error messages are produced
- e - Error messages only
- w - Warnings [Default]
- t - Timings (report runtimes for time-intensive algorthms);
- i - Informational messages (same as “verbose=True”)
- c - Compatibility warnings
- d - Debugging messages

Returns

ret (xarray.DataArray or None) – Return type depends on whether the outfile (G) parameter is set: