snek5000.const#

Calculate physical constants

Functions

coriolis_freq(lat)

Compute coriolis frequency in the f-plane.

snek5000.const.coriolis_freq(lat)[source]#

Compute coriolis frequency in the f-plane.

\[\begin{split}\omega &= 7.2921150 ± 0.0000001×10^{−5} \, \text{radians per second} \\ f &= 2 \omega \sin(\theta)\end{split}\]
Parameters

lat (float) – Latitude in degrees, which gets converted to radians \(\theta\).

Returns

f – Coriolis frequency in radians per second

Return type

float