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ian-ross / hnetcdf

Haskell NetCDF library
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Is this constant in the example? g (m/s**2) #10

Closed sebeaumont closed 5 years ago

sebeaumont commented 5 years ago

https://github.com/ian-ross/hnetcdf/blob/75e15b7f28cfb035817534807215d07b2cd5425e/examples/example1.hs#L56

ian-ross commented 5 years ago

Yes, it's just the acceleration due to gravity, for converting between geopotential and geopotential height (see the "Definition" section here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopotential_height).

sebeaumont commented 5 years ago

Thanks, that's interesting. I guessed it was g - I'm dealing with wind data mainly but I'm really trying to figure out how to use netCDF in general and being new to earth sciences this is quite a steep (but rewarding) learning curve.