annulus_grid


annulus_grid, an Octave code which generates a grid of points over the interior of a circular annulus in 2D.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

annulus_grid is available in a MATLAB version and an Octave version.

Related Data and Programs:

annulus_grid_test

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Reference:

  1. Richard Swinbank, James Purser,
    Fibonacci grids: A novel approach to global modelling,
    Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society,
    Volume 132, Number 619, July 2006 Part B, pages 1769-1793.

Source Code:


Last revised on 17 November 2022.