vertical_totals¶

metpy.calc.vertical_totals(pressure, temperature)¶

Calculate Vertical Totals from the pressure and temperature.

Vertical Totals formula derived from [Miller1972]: VT = T850 - T500

where:

T850 is the temperature at 850 hPa T500 is the temperature at 500 hPa

Calculation of the Vertical Totals is defined as the temperature difference between 850 hPa and 500 hPa. This is a part of the Total Totals Index.

Parameters

pressure (pint.Quantity) – Pressure level(s), in order from highest to lowest pressure
temperature (pint.Quantity) – Temperature corresponding to pressure

Returns

pint.Quantity – Vertical Totals

total_totals_index

absolute_momentum