static_stability¶
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metpy.calc.
static_stability
(pressure, temperature, axis=0)[source]¶ Calculate the static stability within a vertical profile.
\[\sigma = -\frac{RT}{p} \frac{\partial \ln \theta}{\partial p}\]This formuala is based on equation 4.3.6 in [Bluestein1992].
Parameters: - pressure (array-like) – Profile of atmospheric pressure
- temperature (array-like) – Profile of temperature
- axis (int, optional) – The axis corresponding to vertical in the pressure and temperature arrays, defaults to 0.
Returns: array-like – The profile of static stability.