acc_wgs84: Calculate total acceleration

View source: R/acc_wgs84.R

acc_wgs84R Documentation

Calculate total acceleration

Description

This function calculates the total acceleration due to gravitation and centripetal force at the earth's surface according to the WGS84 international gravity formula.

Usage

acc_wgs84(latitude)

Arguments

latitude

The latitude in degrees.

Value

g given in units of $m/s^2$

Note

Source: http://solid_earth.ou.edu/notes/potential/igf.htm

Examples

acc_wgs84(50)

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