WaveFlux: Calculate wave-activity flux

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Calculate wave-activity flux

Description

Calculate wave-activity flux

Usage

WaveFlux(gh, u, v, lon, lat, lev, g = 9.81, a = 6371000)

Arguments

gh	geopotential height
u	mean zonal velocity
v	mean meridional velocity
lon	longitude (in degrees)
lat	latitude (in degrees)
lev	pressure level (in hPa)
g	acceleration of gravity
a	Earth's radius

Details

Calculates Plum-like wave activity fluxes

Value

A list with elements: longitude, latitude, and the two horizontal components of the wave activity flux.

References

Takaya, K. and H. Nakamura, 2001: A Formulation of a Phase-Independent Wave-Activity Flux for Stationary and Migratory Quasigeostrophic Eddies on a Zonally Varying Basic Flow. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 608–627, \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<0608:AFOAPI>2.0.CO;2")}
Adapted from https://github.com/marisolosman/Reunion_Clima/blob/master/WAF/Calculo_WAF.ipynb

See Also

Other meteorology functions: Derivate(), EOF(), GeostrophicWind(), thermodynamics, waves

metR documentation built on Nov. 2, 2023, 6:01 p.m.