calculate_inverse_barometer.py

• Reads hourly mean sea level pressure fields from reanalysis and calculates the inverse-barometer response [Wunsch1997] [HofmannWellenhof2006]

Source code

Calling Sequence

usage: calculate_inverse_barometer.py [-h] [--directory DIRECTORY]
                                      [--year YEAR [YEAR ...]]
                                      [--mean START END] [--density RHO]
                                      [--verbose] [--mode MODE]
                                      {ERA-Interim,ERA5,MERRA-2} [{ERA-Interim,ERA5,MERRA-2} ...]

Positional Arguments

model

Possible choices: ERA-Interim, ERA5, MERRA-2

Reanalysis Model

• ERA-Interim

• ERA5

• MERRA-2

Named Arguments

--directory, -D

Working data directory

--year, -Y

Years of model outputs to run

--mean, -m

Start and end year range for mean

--density, -d

Density of seawater in kg/m^3

--verbose, -V

Verbose output of processing run

--mode, -M

Permission mode of directories and files

References

[Wunsch1997]

3. Wunsch and D. Stammer, “Atmospheric loading and the oceanic “inverted barometer” effect”, Reviews of Geophysics, 35(1), 79-107, (1997). doi: 10.1029/96RG03037

[HofmannWellenhof2006]

2. Hofmann-Wellenhof and H. Moritz, Physical Geodesy, 2nd Edition, 403 pp., (2006). doi: 10.1007/978-3-211-33545-1