coriolis: The Coriolis Force as a Function of Latitude

In marelac: Tools for Aquatic Sciences

Description

Estimates the coriolis factor, f (in 1/second), where f = 2*omega*sin(lat), where omega = 7.292e-5 radians/sec, the rotation of the earth.

Usage

coriolis(lat)

Arguments

lat	latitude in degrees north (-90 to +90).

Value

The coriolis factor (1/second).

Author(s)

Karline Soetaert < [e-mail] >

References

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.

See Also

viscosity, diffcoeff, ssd2rad, vertmean, gravity

Examples

plot(-90:90, coriolis(-90:90), xlab = "latitude, dg North", 
  ylab = "/s", main = "coriolis factor", type = "l", lwd = 2)

Example output

Loading required package: shape
Loading required package: seacarb
Loading required package: oce
Loading required package: gsw
Loading required package: testthat

Attaching package: 'marelac'

The following objects are masked from 'package:oce':

    coriolis, gravity

marelac documentation built on Feb. 12, 2020, 3 a.m.