momlevel.spice.flament module

flament.py – P. Flament (2002) Spiciness calculation

momlevel.spice.flament.spice(thetao, so)

Function to calculate seawater spiciness

This function uses the Flament 2002 methodology for calculating seawater spiciness:

Flament, P. 2002: A state variable for characterizing water masses and their diffusive stability: spiciness. Progress in Oceanography, 54, 493–501. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6611(02)00065-4

Parameters:
  • thetao (numpy.ndarray) – Sea water potential temperature in deg C

  • so (numpy.ndarray) – Sea water practical salinity in PSU

Returns:

Sea water spiciness, unitless

Return type:

numpy.ndarray