magpie.grids.polarEA_area

magpie.grids.polarEA_area(nr[, rmax=1., base_nphi=4])

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=4.

Returns

areafloat

The area of pixels in the equal area polar grid.