coriolis {marelac}R Documentation

The coriolis force as a function of latitude

Description

Estimates the coriolis factor, f units [/second].

f=2*omega*sin(lat), where omega=7.292e-5 radians/sec

Usage

coriolis(lat)

Arguments

lat latitude in degrees north (-90:+90)

Value

the coriolis factor, /second

Author(s)

Karline Soetaert <k.soetaert@nioo.knaw.nl>

References

S. Pond & G. Pickard 2nd Ed. 1986. Introductory Dynamical Oceanography, Pergamon Press, Sydney.

Examples

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

[Package marelac version 1.2 Index]