supercell_composite¶
- metpy.calc.supercell_composite(mucape, effective_storm_helicity, effective_shear)¶
Calculate the supercell composite parameter.
The supercell composite parameter is designed to identify environments favorable for the development of supercells, and is calculated using the formula developed by [Thompson2004]:
\[\text{SCP} = \frac{\text{MUCAPE}}{1000 \text{J/kg}} * \frac{\text{Effective SRH}}{50 \text{m}^2/\text{s}^2} * \frac{\text{Effective Shear}}{20 \text{m/s}}\]The effective_shear term is set to zero below 10 m/s and capped at 1 when effective_shear exceeds 20 m/s.
- Parameters
mucape (
pint.Quantity
) – Most-unstable CAPEeffective_storm_helicity (
pint.Quantity
) – Effective-layer storm-relative helicityeffective_shear (
pint.Quantity
) – Effective bulk shear
- Returns
pint.Quantity
– Supercell composite