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marelac (version 2.0)

gravity: Gravity on Earth

Description

Computes the gravity, based on latitude.

Usage

gravity(lat = 0, method=c("Moritz","UNESCO"))

Arguments

lat
latitude (-90 - +90).
method
When "UNESCO", uses the UNESCO (1983) polynomial, else according to Moritz, 2000

Value

  • Gravity, in $\rm m\,sec^{-2}$.

References

The UNESCO polynomial:

Fofonoff NP and Millard RC Jr, 1983. Algorithms for computation of fundamental properties of seawater. UNESCO technical papers in marine science, 44, 53 pp. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0005/000598/059832EB.pdf

Moritz H, 2000. Geodetic reference system 1980. Journal of Geodesy 74, 128-133.

See Also

coriolis, viscosity, diffcoeff, ssd2rad, vertmean

Examples

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gravity(lat = 30)

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