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