esmtools.physics.stress_to_speed¶
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esmtools.physics.
stress_to_speed
(x, y)[source]¶ Convert ocean wind stress to wind speed at 10 m over the ocean.
This expects that tau is in dyn/cm2.
Note
This is useful for looking at wind speed on the native ocean grid, rather than trying to interpolate between atmospheric and oceanic grids.
This is based on the conversion used in Lovenduski et al. (2007), which is related to the CESM coupler conversion: http://www.cesm.ucar.edu/models/ccsm3.0/cpl6/users_guide/node20.html
Parameters: - x (xr.DataArray) –
TAUX
orTAUX2
. - y (xr.DataArray) –
TAUY
orTAUY2
.
Returns: Approximated U10 wind speed.
Return type: U10 (xr.DataArray)
- x (xr.DataArray) –