Re: the gradsf and lapsf function

They have been scaled to return: Hpa/m^2, Hpa/m

The scale factor used is the radius of the earth: 6.37122e06

On 10/17/10 2:00 AM, zhangyingxian0829 wrote:
> hi:
> I am caculating the gradient and laplace of mean sea level pressure in
> the regular grids by the lapsf and gradsf function, and i wonder if the
> unit of input pressure is Hpa, then what are the units of output
> gradient and laplace? gradient: Hpa/(radian)2, laplace: Hpa/radian ?
> thank you for your time.
> Regards,
> zhang yingxian.
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