magpie.grids.polarEA_area

magpie.grids.polarEA_area(nr, rmax=1.0, base_nphi=3)

Returns the area for an equal area polar grid.

Parameters

nrint

Number of divisions along the r-axis.

rmaxfloat, optional

Maximum radial value, default=1.

base_nphiint, optional

Number of pixels around r=0, default=3.

Returns

areafloat

The area of pixels in the equal area polar grid.