equivalent potential temperature

equivalent potential temperature

theta(P0, T0)

theta_wet(P0, T0, Td)

theta_wet_bolton(P0, T0, Td)

Arguments

P0

pressure at surface (hPa)

T0

temperature at surface (Cdeg)

Td

dew point temperature (Cdeg)

References

  1. https://unidata.github.io/MetPy/latest/api/generated/metpy.calc.equivalent_potential_temperature.html

  2. https://github.com/wrf-model/WRF/blob/master/phys/module_diag_functions.F#L122

  3. https://github.com/Unidata/MetPy/blob/e0e24d51702787943fc3c0481fa9a6632abe9d20/src/metpy/calc/thermo.py#L1512

Examples

theta_wet(850, 20, 18)
#>    T_lcl  theta_d theta_se 
#> 17.52506 33.85569 76.23014 
theta_wet_bolton(850, 20, 18)
#>    T_lcl theta_se 
#> 17.52777 80.67245