rhopot: Calculates potential density

In rcdo: Wrapper of 'CDO' Operators

Calculates potential density

Description

This is a special operator for the post processing of the ocean and sea ice model MPIOM. It calculates the sea water potential density (name=rhopoto; code=18). Required input fields are sea water in-situ temperature (name=to; code=20) and sea water salinity (name=sao; code=5). Pressure is calculated from the level information or can be specified by the optional parameter.

Usage

cdo_rhopot(ifile, pressure = NULL, ofile = NULL)

Arguments

ifile	String with the path to the input file.
pressure	FLOAT - Pressure in bar (constant value assigned to all levels)
ofile	String with the path to the output file.

Value

Operators that output one or more files return a character vector to the output files.

Operators that output an indefinite number of files return a string with the basename of the files.

Operatos that don't return filenames return a character vector with the string output.

rcdo documentation built on June 8, 2025, 12:36 p.m.