oceanspy.compute.eddy_kinetic_energy
- oceanspy.compute.eddy_kinetic_energy(od)[source]
Compute eddy kinetic energy.
\[EKE = \frac{1}{2}\left[ (u-\overline{u})^2 + (v-\overline{v})^2 + \epsilon_{nh} (w-\overline{w})^2 \right]\]- Parameters:
- od: OceanDataset
oceandataset used to compute.
- Parameters used:
- eps_nh
- Returns:
- ds: xarray.Dataset
- EKE: eddy kinetic energy
See also
References
Numerical Method: https://mitgcm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/algorithm/algorithm.html#kinetic-energy