BoltonEquivalentPotentialTemperature: BoltonEquivalentPotentialTemperature

In NCAR/Ranadu: Functions for use with RAF aircraft data files

BoltonEquivalentPotentialTemperature

Description

The Bolton form of the pseudo-adiabatic equivalent potential temperature

Usage

BoltonEquivalentPotentialTemperature(P, AT, E = 0)

Arguments

P	A numeric representing ambient pressure in hPa
AT	A numeric representing air temperature in deg. C
E	A numeric representing water vapor pressure in hPa. Defaults to zero, and for that case the calculation uses the equilibrium vapor pressure at AT.

Details

The Bolton form of the pseudo-adiabatic equivalent potential temperature is calculated according to the formula of Davies-Jones (2009); see ProcessingAlgorithms.pdf

Value

A numeric representing the Bolton-equation result for the pseudo-adiabatic equivalent potential temperature in kelvin.

Author(s)

William Cooper

Examples

THETAB <- BoltonEquivalentPotentialTemperature (700., 10., 9.) 

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