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coriolis: The Coriolis Force as a Function of Latitude

Description

Estimates the coriolis factor, f (in \(s^{-1}\)), where \(f = 2 \cdot \omega \cdot sin(lat)\), where \(\omega = 7.292e^{-5}\) radians/sec, the rotation of the earth.

Usage

coriolis(lat)

Value

The coriolis factor (\(s^{-1}\)).

Arguments

lat

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

Author

Karline Soetaert < karline.soetaert@nioz.nl >

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

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

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