coriolis {marelac} | R Documentation |
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.
coriolis(lat)
lat |
latitude in degrees north (-90 to +90). |
The coriolis factor (1/second).
Karline Soetaert < k.soetaert@nioo.knaw.nl >
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.
viscosity
,
diffcoeff
, ssd2rad
, vertmean
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gravity
plot(-90:90, coriolis(-90:90), xlab = "latitude, dg North", ylab = "/s", main = "coriolis factor", type = "l", lwd = 2)