boltonTLCL: Find the Temperature at the Lifting Condensation Level (LCL)

In aiRthermo: Atmospheric Thermodynamics and Visualization

Find the Temperature at the Lifting Condensation Level (LCL)

Description

This function is used to calculate the Temperature at the Lifting Condensation Level (LCL) using Bolton's approximation instead of integrating the Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) upwards.

Usage

boltonTLCL(TempCelsius, rh, consts = export_constants())

Arguments

TempCelsius	Temperature in degrees Celsius.
rh	Relative humidity (%).
consts	Includes the frecuently used constants in thermodynamics defined in aiRthermoConstants.

Value

This function calculates an approximation of the temperature in degrees Celsius corresponding to the LCL.

References

Bolton, D. (1980). The computation of equivalent potential temperature, Monthly Weather Review 108, 1046-1053. doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1980)108<1046:TCOEPT>2.0.CO;2.

Examples

T0=273.15
rh=66.25489
boltonTLCL(T0,rh)

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