dry_static_energy¶
- metpy.calc.dry_static_energy(height, temperature)¶
Calculate the dry static energy of parcels.
This function will calculate the dry static energy following the first two terms of equation 3.72 in [Hobbs2006].
- Parameters
height (
pint.Quantity
) – Atmospheric heighttemperature (
pint.Quantity
) – Air temperature
- Returns
pint.Quantity
– Dry static energy
See also
Notes
\[\text{dry static energy} = c_{pd} T + gz\]\(T\) is temperature
\(z\) is height
Changed in version 1.0: Renamed
heights
parameter toheight