sphere_fibonacci_grid

sphere_fibonacci_grid, a C++ code which constructs a grid of points using the Fibonacci spiral over the surface of a sphere in 3D.

Licensing:

The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.

Languages:

sphere_fibonacci_grid is available in a C version and a C++ version and a Fortran90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

sphere_fibonacci_grid_test

cpp_grid, a C++ code which generates a regular grid of points inside a variety of regions in one, two, three or many dimensions.

Reference:

1. 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:

• sphere_fibonacci_grid.cpp, the source code.
• sphere_fibonacci_grid.sh, compiles the source code.
• sphere_fibonacci_grid.hpp, the include file.