sounding_save: Save 'sounding_layout' to a graphical file

In thunder: Computation and Visualisation of Atmospheric Convective Parameters

Save 'sounding_layout' to a graphical file

Description

Auxiliary function to 'sounding_plot' that plots a composite \ of Skew-T, hodograph and selected convective parameters \ on a single layout and saves as graphical file.

Usage

sounding_save(
  pressure,
  altitude,
  temp,
  dpt,
  wd,
  ws,
  title = "",
  parcel = "MU",
  max_speed = 25,
  buoyancy_polygon = TRUE,
  SRH_polygon = "03km",
  DCAPE = FALSE,
  filename,
  ...
)

Arguments

pressure	pressure [hPa]
altitude	altitude [m] (can be above sea level or above ground level as function always consider first level as a surface, i.e h = 0 m)
temp	temperature [degree Celsius]
dpt	dew point temperature [degree Celsius]
wd	wind direction in degrees [azimuth in degrees]
ws	wind speed [knots]
title	title to be added in the layout's header
parcel	parcel tracing on Skew-T for "MU", "ML" or "SB" parcel, "none" for no parcel line.
max_speed	range of the hodograph to be drawn, 25 m/s used as default
buoyancy_polygon	logical, plotting area of parcel's positive (yellow) or negative (red) buoyancy (default = TRUE)
SRH_polygon	draws polygon for storm-relative helicity, available options are "0500m", "01km", "03km", "36km", "none", "03km" used as default
DCAPE	draws downdraft parcel and polygon of downdraft's negative buoyancy (default = FALSE)
filename	output file name with extension indicating file format (e.g. "my_plot.png" or "my_plot.svg")
...	other arguments that can be used with 'sounding_plot' or other graphic arguments

Value

graphical file with Skew-T and hodograph on a single layout

Examples

data("sounding_vienna")
attach(sounding_vienna)
sounding_save(filename = tempfile(), 
             pressure, altitude, temp, dpt, wd, ws, parcel = "MU", 
             title = "Vienna - 23 August 2011, 12:00 UTC")
 

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