Try removing the [dx, dy].
[dqu_dx, dqu_dy] = np.gradient(qu)
[dqv_dx, dqv_dy] = np.gradient(qv)
Also to point out if you are recreating plots. Gradient changed in numpy between 1.82 and 1.9. This had an effect for recreating matlab plots in python as 1.82 was the matlab method. I am not sure how this relates to GrADs. Here is the wording for both.
1.82
"The gradient is computed using central differences in the interior
and first differences at the boundaries. The returned gradient hence has
the same shape as the input array."
1.9
"The gradient is computed using second order accurate central differences in the interior and either first differences or second order accurate one-sides (forward or backwards) differences at the boundaries. The returned gradient hence has the same shape as the input array."
The gradient function for 1.82 is here.
def gradient(f, *varargs):
"""
Return the gradient of an N-dimensional array.
The gradient is computed using central differences in the interior
and first differences at the boundaries. The returned gradient hence has
the same shape as the input array.
Parameters
----------
f : array_like
An N-dimensional array containing samples of a scalar function.
`*varargs` : scalars
0, 1, or N scalars specifying the sample distances in each direction,
that is: `dx`, `dy`, `dz`, ... The default distance is 1.
Returns
-------
gradient : ndarray
N arrays of the same shape as `f` giving the derivative of `f` with
respect to each dimension.
Examples
--------
>>> x = np.array([1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16], dtype=np.float)
>>> np.gradient(x)
array([ 1. , 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, 5. ])
>>> np.gradient(x, 2)
array([ 0.5 , 0.75, 1.25, 1.75, 2.25, 2.5 ])
>>> np.gradient(np.array([[1, 2, 6], [3, 4, 5]], dtype=np.float))
[array([[ 2., 2., -1.],
[ 2., 2., -1.]]),
array([[ 1. , 2.5, 4. ],
[ 1. , 1. , 1. ]])]
"""
f = np.asanyarray(f)
N = len(f.shape) # number of dimensions
n = len(varargs)
if n == 0:
dx = [1.0]*N
elif n == 1:
dx = [varargs[0]]*N
elif n == N:
dx = list(varargs)
else:
raise SyntaxError(
"invalid number of arguments")
# use central differences on interior and first differences on endpoints
outvals = []
# create slice objects --- initially all are [:, :, ..., :]
slice1 = [slice(None)]*N
slice2 = [slice(None)]*N
slice3 = [slice(None)]*N
otype = f.dtype.char
if otype not in ['f', 'd', 'F', 'D', 'm', 'M']:
otype = 'd'
# Difference of datetime64 elements results in timedelta64
if otype == 'M' :
# Need to use the full dtype name because it contains unit information
otype = f.dtype.name.replace('datetime', 'timedelta')
elif otype == 'm' :
# Needs to keep the specific units, can't be a general unit
otype = f.dtype
for axis in range(N):
# select out appropriate parts for this dimension
out = np.empty_like(f, dtype=otype)
slice1[axis] = slice(1, -1)
slice2[axis] = slice(2, None)
slice3[axis] = slice(None, -2)
# 1D equivalent -- out[1:-1] = (f[2:] - f[:-2])/2.0
out[slice1] = (f[slice2] - f[slice3])/2.0
slice1[axis] = 0
slice2[axis] = 1
slice3[axis] = 0
# 1D equivalent -- out[0] = (f[1] - f[0])
out[slice1] = (f[slice2] - f[slice3])
slice1[axis] = -1
slice2[axis] = -1
slice3[axis] = -2
# 1D equivalent -- out[-1] = (f[-1] - f[-2])
out[slice1] = (f[slice2] - f[slice3])
# divide by step size
outvals.append(out / dx[axis])
# reset the slice object in this dimension to ":"
slice1[axis] = slice(None)
slice2[axis] = slice(None)
slice3[axis] = slice(None)
if N == 1:
return outvals[0]
else:
return outvals
