calcGridArea: Calculate the grid cella area for a centered lat/lon grid

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Note

View source: R/calcGridArea.R

Description

Calculate the grid cella area for a centered lat/lon grid.

Usage

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calcGridArea(lon, lat, verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

lon

longitude coordinates of the grid centers

lat

latitude coordinates of the grid centers

verbose

logical. Print info as we go?

Details

Currently the lon must be uniform but the lat does not need to be.

Value

The grid cell area in m^2 (meter*meter)

Note

This is an internal RCMIP5 function and not exported.


RCMIP5 documentation built on May 1, 2019, 6:28 p.m.