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
Examples
>>> from metpy.calc import dry_static_energy >>> from metpy.units import units >>> dry_static_energy(1000 * units.meters, 8 * units.degC) <Quantity(292.268557, 'kilojoule / kilogram')>
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