Re: [ferret_users] Stream function

[Jian Ma <jianma@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Billy,

Thanks. I think you are talking about this:
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/maillists/tmap/ferret_users/fu_2002/msg00155.html

But I think this simple integration can only be applied on wind fields
that is non-divergent. Will it be suitable for Walker circulation?

Tony

On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 17:28 -0800, William S. Kessler wrote:
> I think you can search the user group archives for "streamfunction".  
> I wrote a script to do this a long time ago and posted it to the  
> group. Billy K
> 
> On 20 Jan 10, at 4:01 PM, Jian Ma wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Maybe this is not a question very related to Ferret. Is there any good
> > method to plot the stream function of the non-divergent component  
> > of any
> > flow field? Specifically, I want to plot the Walker circulation. The
> > Hadley cell seems easier since it is non-divergent when zonally
> > integrated.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Tony
> >
>