huracanpy.calc.distance#

huracanpy.calc.distance(lon, lat, track_id=None, method='geod', ellps='WGS84')[source]#

Compute the distance between successive lon, lat points, without including differences between the end and start points of different tracks

Parameters:
  • lon (xarray.DataArray)

  • lat (xarray.DataArray)

  • track_id (array_like, optional)

  • method (str, optional) – The method of computing distances, either geodesic (“geod”) or haversine (“haversine”)

  • ellps (str, optional) – The definition of the globe to use for the geodesic calculation (see pyproj.Geod). Default is “WGS84”.

Return type:

xarray.DataArray