moistAdiabaticLapseRate: Moist Adiabatic Lapse Rate

In aiRthermo: Atmospheric Thermodynamics and Visualization

Description

This function calculates the moist adiabatic lapse rate according to a provided mixing ratio (kg/kg) (Tsonis, eq 7.29).

Usage

moistAdiabaticLapseRate(w, consts = export_constants())

Arguments

w	A vector with mixing ratio values (kg/kg).
consts	The constants defined in aiRthermoConstants data are necessary.

Value

This function returns a vector with the moist adiabatic lapse rate (dry adiabatic lapse rate with correction of c_p due to the water vapour in moist air).

References

Tsonis, A. A. (2002). An Introduction to Atmospheric Thermodynamics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Eq. 7.29.

Examples

data(RadiosondeA)
aws<-RadiosondeA[,6]/1000
moistAdiabaticLapseRate(aws)

Example output

 [1] 0.009683733 0.009691012 0.009691264 0.009696458 0.009697716 0.009707284
 [7] 0.009708040 0.009726139 0.009726561 0.009728332 0.009728923 0.009735848
[13] 0.009735425 0.009735425 0.009725970 0.009722345 0.009722514 0.009722598
[19] 0.009725043 0.009729514 0.009736355 0.009743713 0.009747185 0.009752694
[25] 0.009754814 0.009755323 0.009757021 0.009757869 0.009757869 0.009757954
[31] 0.009757954 0.009758039 0.009758039 0.009758124 0.009758209 0.009758209
[37] 0.009758209 0.009758209 0.009758209 0.009758209 0.009758209 0.009758209
[43] 0.009758209 0.009758209 0.009758209 0.009758209 0.009758209 0.009758209
[49] 0.009758209 0.009758209 0.009758209 0.009758209 0.009758209 0.009758209
[55] 0.009758209 0.009758209 0.009758209 0.009758209 0.009758209 0.009758209
[61] 0.009758124 0.009758124 0.009758124 0.009758124 0.009758124 0.009758209
[67] 0.009758124 0.009758124 0.009758124 0.009758124 0.009758124 0.009758124
[73] 0.009758039 0.009758039

aiRthermo documentation built on May 1, 2019, 9:24 p.m.