gnome.utilities.weathering.monahan

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Monahan

This based on formulas by:

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class gnome.utilities.weathering.monahan.Monahan

Bases: object

This based on formulas by: Monahan (JPO, 1971)

static whitecap_decay_constant(salinity)

Monahan(JPO, 1971) time constant characterizing exponential whitecap decay.

Parameters:

salinity (integer or float in PSU) – the salinity of the water

The saltwater value for this constant is 3.85 sec while the freshwater value is 2.54 sec.

This interpolates between those values by salinity