easyclimate.physics.geo.coriolis¶

Coriolis Force

Functions¶

get_coriolis_parameter(→ xarray.DataArray | numpy.array)

Calculate the Coriolis parameter at each point.

Module Contents¶

easyclimate.physics.geo.coriolis.get_coriolis_parameter(lat_data: xarray.DataArray | numpy.array, omega: float = 7.292e-05) → xarray.DataArray | numpy.array¶

Calculate the Coriolis parameter at each point.

\[f = 2 \Omega \sin(\phi)\]

Parameters¶

lat_data: xarray.DataArray or numpy.array.: Latitude at each point.
omega: float, default: 7.292e-5 ( \(\mathrm{rad/s}\) ).: The angular speed of the earth.

Returns¶

Corresponding Coriolis force at each point ( \(\mathrm{s^{-1}}\) ).: xarray.DataArray or numpy.array.

Reference¶

Coriolis parameter - Glossary of Meteorology