coriolis | R Documentation |
Estimates the coriolis factor, f (in s^{-1}
), where
f = 2 \cdot \omega \cdot sin(lat)
, where
\omega = 7.292e^{-5}
radians/sec, the
rotation of the earth.
coriolis(lat)
lat |
latitude in degrees north (-90 to +90). |
The coriolis factor (s^{-1}
).
Karline Soetaert < karline.soetaert@nioz.nl >
Pond S and Pickard G, 1986. Introductory Dynamical Oceanography, Pergamon Press, Sydney, 2nd Ed.
Griffies SM, 2004. Fundamentals of Ocean Climate Models. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 518 pp.
viscosity
,
diffcoeff
, ssd2rad
, vertmean
,
gravity
plot(-90:90, coriolis(-90:90), xlab = "latitude, dg North",
ylab = "/s", main = "coriolis factor", type = "l", lwd = 2)
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