Computes Eliassen-Palm fluxes.

EPflux(lon, lat, lev, t, u, v)

Arguments

lon: longitudes in degrees.
lat: latitudes in degrees.
lev: pressure levels.
t: temperature in Kelvin.
u: zonal wind in m/s.
v: meridional wind in m/s.

Value

A data.table with columns Flon, Flat and Flev giving the zonal, meridional and vertical components of the EP Fluxes at each longitude, latitude and level.

References

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