Rossby Waveguide Python Package

Documentation of Rossby waveguide diagnostics software from wavestoweather/Rolling-Zonalization.

Contents

• General Information
• Stationary Wavenumber
• Isentropic PV Gradient
• Zonalized Background States
• Local Wave Activity
• Visualization Helpers
• Utility Functions

Setup

Requirements:

• C compiler to build extensions

• Python 3.9 or newer

Local install:

Clone or download the Rolling-Zonalization repository and run

$ pip install .

from the root of the repository.

News

Release: Version 1.2.2 (1 Dec 2025)

• Fix broken package installation.

Release: Version 1.2 (27 Dec 2023)

• New rwguide.waveactivity submodule with a basic implementation of finite-amplitude local wave activity.

• Added da_isen argument for rwguide.xarray.pvgradient.isob_to_isen_all().

• Improved documentation.

Release: Version 1.1 (17 Nov 2023)

• Fixed an issue about repeated calls to free in rwguide.pvgradient.horizontal_gradient().

• Improved documentation.

Acknowledgements

This software was created within the Transregional Collaborative Research Center SFB/TRR 165 “Waves to Weather” funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG). https://www.wavestoweather.de/