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angmom_atm

Calculates the atmosphere's relative angular momentum.

Prototype

	function angmom_atm (
		u       : numeric,  
		dp      : numeric,  
		lat [*] : numeric,  
		wgt [*] : numeric   
	)

	return_val  :  typeof(u)

Arguments

u

zonal wind component (m/s). This must be 3 or 4 dimensions (lev,lat,lon) or (time,lev,lat,lon).

dp

pressure thickness (ie: "delta-pressures") in Pascals. This may be a one-dimensional array or have the same dimensions as u. If it is 1-dimensional, then the pressure differences will be used at all grid points.

lat

latitudes spanned by u (units: degrees_north)

wgt

a 1-dimensional array containing gaussian weights if u is on a gaussian grid. Otherwise, set to a scalar (typically, 1.0).

Description

angmom_atm computes the atmosphere's relative angular momentum (units are kg * m^2/s). A triple integral is evaluated. The earth's radius (=6.37122e06 m) and gravity (=9.81 m/s2) are assumed constant.

Examples

Example 1 - Let u(time,lev,lat,lon); dp(lev); lat(lat) and wgt=1.0. The latitudes are equally spaced.

 
    u    = f->U
    lat  = f->lat
    dp   = (/ 50., 50, 125.,..., 20., 15., 10./)  ; manually specify
          
    aam  = angmom_atm (u, dp, lat, 1.0)    ; ==> aam(time)

aam will contain the global relative angular momentum at all time steps.

Example 2 - same as above but calculate the angular momentum for each hemisphere. Here we will assume that u and lat have coordinate variables so that NCL's named and coordinate subscripting can be used.

  aam_NH  = angmom_atm (u(:,:,{0:90},:), dp, lat({0:90}), 1.0)  ; ==> aam_NH(time)
          
  aam_SH  = angmom_atm (u(:,:,{-90:0},:), dp, lat({-90:0}), 1.0); ==> aam_SH(time)

Example 3 - the same as example 1 but u is on a gaussian grid and dp changes at each grid point through time. Here NCL's dpres_hybrid_ccm function is used to calculate the pressure thickness. Also, gaussian weights are used.

  hyai = f->hyai ; read from a file the interface hybrid coefficients
  hybi = f->hybi ; read from a file
  ps   = f->PS   ; surface pressure [Pa]
  p0   = 100000. ; since ps is in Pa 

  dp   = dpres_hybrid_ccm (ps, p0, hyai, hybi)   ; dp(ntim,klvl-1,nlat,mlon)

  u    = f->U
  lat  = f->lat
  gwt  = f->GWT  ; gaussian weights

  aam  = angmom_atm (u, dp, lat, gwt)    ; ==> aam(time)

Note: if the data are on a gaussian grid and the gaussian weights are not on a file, then NCL's gaus function can be used to generate the weights.

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