[ncl-talk] rho_mwjf (potential density function)

Dennis Shea shea at ucar.edu
Thu Oct 11 16:49:31 MDT 2018


The example used zonally averaged within ocean basins.
However, I believe that this is not a requirement.

T(depth,longitude), S(depth,longitude) ==> rho(depth,longitude)


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You can see the code:

*%>* less $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl

Search for *rho_mwif*

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 1:17 PM Amarjiit Vikkas Pandde <
amarjiitpandde at email.arizona.edu> wrote:

>
> Dear NCL users,
>
> I am trying to calculate the potential density of the ocean at a specific
> latitude and divide the cross-section of the ocean at that latitude into
> different layers based on potential densities at the surface, 2000m deep
> and 4000m deep.
> I have temperature variable (with dimensions depth and longitude / rlon)
> and same for salinity.
> can I use the function rho_mwjf for this purpose? as I read in its
> documentation that it needs variables which are averaged zonally.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Amarjiit Pandde.
>
>
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