General class methods and attributes of the landlab.grid.base module
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As of Landlab version 0.2, there are four types of Landlab grid:
The base class is ModelGrid with subclasses RasterModelGrid and VoronoiDelaunayGrid.
VoronoiDelaunayGrid has two further specialized subclasses: HexModelGrid and RadialModelGrid.
Landlab’s rectilinear grids are implemented by the class RasterModelGrid, which inherits from ModelGrid and adds the following:
Landlab’s Voronoi-Delaunay grids are implemented by the class VoronoiDelaunayGrid, which inherits from ModelGrid and adds the following:
Landlab’s hex/trigonal grids are implemented by the class HexModelGrid, which inherits from VoronoiDelauneyGrid and adds the following:
Landlab’s radial grids are implemented by the class RadialModelGrid, which inherits from VoronoiDelauneyGrid and adds the following:
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This section documents various methods you can use to bring in data and write output to a file.
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