oocgcm.core.grids.generic_2d_grid.horizontal_gradient_vector

generic_2d_grid.horizontal_gradient_vector(scalararray)

Return the horizontal gradient of a scalar field defined at t-points.

Parameters:

scalararray : xarray.DataArray

xarray of a scalar variable at grid_location=’t’

Returns:

vectorfield : VectorField2d namedtuple

x and y component of the horizontal gradient at u,v-points