coriolis function

Effects of the Earth's rotation

Effects of the Earth's rotation

Coriolis and beta parameters by latitude.

coriolis(lat) f(lat) coriolis.dy(lat, a = 6371000) f.dy(lat, a = 6371000)

Arguments

  • lat: latitude in degrees
  • a: radius of the earth

Details

All functions use the correct sidereal day (24hs 56mins 4.091s) instead of the incorrect solar day (24hs) for 0.3\

pedantry.

  • Maintainer: Elio Campitelli
  • License: GPL-3
  • Last published: 2025-02-24