PotentialTemperature: PotentialTemperature

PotentialTemperatureR Documentation

PotentialTemperature

Description

Function to calculate the potential temperature

Usage

PotentialTemperature(P, AT, E = 0)

Arguments

P

A numeric representing the pressure in hPa

AT

A numeric representing the air temperature in deg. C

E

A numeric representing the water vapor pressure in hPa

Details

Potential temperature is calculated from the pressure and temperature, optionally with a humidity correction

Value

Numeric containing the potential temperature

Author(s)

William Cooper

Examples

THETA <- PotentialTemperature (500.,0.)

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