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Class: VCURL diffoperators.py

Vertical component of the curl vector

Methods   
__init__
vcurl
  __init__ 
__init__ (
        self,
        lats,
        lons,
        asdegrees=1,
        PBlon=0,
        )

Constructor for the class VCURL

Arguments:

lats
Array of latitudes
lons
Array of longitudes

Optional Arguments:

asdegrees
Bit parameter indicating wether lats and lons are passed as degrees (default, 1) or not (radians, 0).
PBlon
Bit parameter indicating the use of periodic boundary conditions in longitude. Defaults to 0 (no PB).
  vcurl 
vcurl (
        self,
        u,
        v,
        R=6.37e6,
        )

Vertical component of the curl verctor

Arguments:

u
X component of a field (NumPy array) defined in lats, lons
v
Y component of a field (NumPy array) defined in lats, lons

Optional Arguments:

R
The radius of the sphere. (Defaults to the radius of the Earth 6.37e6)

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