Introduction

The results of ray tracing are saved in several NetCDF files depending on how many devices were found. The files have the name format of resultn.nc.

File Format

The result file contains the following information. Note that to allow for complex values, we add an extra dimension the end of 2D arrays. For real values this dimension has size one while complex values have space for the real and imaginary part.

Result file quantities
Dimensions
Name		Description
`time`		Size of time dimension.
`num_rays`		Local number of rays for the device.
`ray_dim`		Size of the dimension for quantities. (1 Real, 2 Complex)
`ray_dim_cplx`		Size of the dimension for complex quantities (Real, Imagine).
2D Quantities
Name	Dimensions	Description
`d_power`	`(time,num_rays,ray_dim)`	Change in power.
`kamp`	`(time,num_rays,ray_dim_cplx)`	\(\sqrt{\vec{k}\cdot\vec{k}}\)
`kx`	`(time,num_rays,ray_dim)`	Wave number in \(\hat{x}\) direction.
`ky`	`(time,num_rays,ray_dim)`	Wave number in \(\hat{y}\) direction.
`kz`	`(time,num_rays,ray_dim)`	Wave number in \(\hat{z}\) direction.
`power`	`(time,num_rays,ray_dim)`	Wave power.
`residual`	`(time,num_rays,ray_dim)`	Dispersion function residual.
`time`	`(time,num_rays,ray_dim)`	Time
`w`	`(time,num_rays,ray_dim)`	Wave frequency.
`x`	`(time,num_rays,ray_dim)`	Position in \(\hat{x}\) direction.
`y`	`(time,num_rays,ray_dim)`	Position in \(\hat{y}\) direction.
`z`	`(time,num_rays,ray_dim)`	Position in \(\hat{z}\) direction.

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Introduction

File Format