vorticity#
- metpy.calc.vorticity(u, v, *, dx=None, dy=None, x_dim=- 1, y_dim=- 2, parallel_scale=None, meridional_scale=None, latitude=None, longitude=None, crs=None)#
Calculate the vertical vorticity of the horizontal wind.
- Parameters
u ((…, M, N)
xarray.DataArray
orpint.Quantity
) – x component of the windv ((…, M, N)
xarray.DataArray
orpint.Quantity
) – y component of the winddx (
pint.Quantity
, optional) – The grid spacing(s) in the x-direction. If an array, there should be one item less than the size of u along the applicable axis. Optional ifxarray.DataArray
with latitude/longitude coordinates used as input. Also optional if one-dimensional longitude and latitude arguments are given for your data on a non-projected grid. Keyword-only argument.dy (
pint.Quantity
, optional) – The grid spacing(s) in the y-direction. If an array, there should be one item less than the size of u along the applicable axis. Optional ifxarray.DataArray
with latitude/longitude coordinates used as input. Also optional if one-dimensional longitude and latitude arguments are given for your data on a non-projected grid. Keyword-only argument.x_dim (int, optional) – Axis number of x dimension. Defaults to -1 (implying […, Y, X] order). Automatically parsed from input if using
xarray.DataArray
. Keyword-only argument.y_dim (int, optional) – Axis number of y dimension. Defaults to -2 (implying […, Y, X] order). Automatically parsed from input if using
xarray.DataArray
. Keyword-only argument.parallel_scale (
pint.Quantity
, optional) – Parallel scale of map projection at data coordinate. Optional ifxarray.DataArray
with latitude/longitude coordinates and MetPy CRS used as input. Also optional if longitude, latitude, and crs are given. If otherwise omitted, calculation will be carried out on a Cartesian, rather than geospatial, grid. Keyword-only argument.meridional_scale (
pint.Quantity
, optional) – Meridional scale of map projection at data coordinate. Optional ifxarray.DataArray
with latitude/longitude coordinates and MetPy CRS used as input. Also optional if longitude, latitude, and crs are given. If otherwise omitted, calculation will be carried out on a Cartesian, rather than geospatial, grid. Keyword-only argument.latitude (
pint.Quantity
, optional) – Latitude of data. Optional ifxarray.DataArray
with latitude/longitude coordinates used as input. Also optional if parallel_scale and meridional_scale are given. If otherwise omitted, calculation will be carried out on a Cartesian, rather than geospatial, grid. Keyword-only argument.longitude (
pint.Quantity
, optional) – Longitude of data. Optional ifxarray.DataArray
with latitude/longitude coordinates used as input. Also optional if parallel_scale and meridional_scale are given. If otherwise omitted, calculation will be carried out on a Cartesian, rather than geospatial, grid. Keyword-only argument.crs (
pyproj.crs.CRS
, optional) – Coordinate Reference System of data. Optional ifxarray.DataArray
with MetPy CRS used as input. Also optional if parallel_scale and meridional_scale are given. If otherwise omitted, calculation will be carried out on a Cartesian, rather than geospatial, grid. Keyword-only argument.
- Returns
(…, M, N)
xarray.DataArray
orpint.Quantity
– vertical vorticity
See also
Notes
This implements a numerical version of the typical vertical vorticity equation:
\[\zeta = \frac{\partial v}{\partial x} - \frac{\partial u}{\partial y}\]If sufficient grid projection information is provided, these partial derivatives are taken from the projection-correct derivative matrix of the vector wind. Otherwise, they are evaluated as scalar derivatives on a Cartesian grid.
Changed in version 1.0: Changed signature from
(u, v, dx, dy)