[MITgcm-support] Local rotation of co-ordinates

[Jonathan Whitefield]

Hi everyone.

Probably a very simple question, but here goes anyway.

I'm trying to plot a Matlab m_quiver plot of surface velocity.
However, the u and v components of velocity from the model do not
correspond to the east and north direction. I don't want to just
rotate the co-ordinate frame, as the angle of rotation changes
(obviously!) along a line of latitude. Is there anywhere that outputs
the angle of rotation for each model grid cell?

Thanks!

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