Potential Temperature from temperature and surface pressureΒΆ

  • Description: Produces potential temperature from temperature and surface pressure

  • Name: AirPotentialTemperature_A

  • Variable produced: potential_temperature

  • Input Variables: air_temperature, surface_pressure

  • Number of Levels - The same number of levels as the input temperature Field

  • FunctionSpace - The same FunctionSpace as the input temperature Field

  • hasTLAD - False

  • Optional Parameters:

    • p0 - p-naught. Defaults to a value of 100,000 if the pressure units are Pa, or 1,000 if the units are hPa. If p0 is not specified, and pressure units are also not specified in the pressure Field metadata, the algorithm fails.

    • kappa - Defaults to a value of 0.28571428571428570