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</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Hi,</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3"><br></font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">My goal is to
use:</font></div><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">skewT_PlotData()</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">but I only have a surface pressure and potential
temperature, and then</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">potential temperature and wind dir and wind spd at many height levels.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3"> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><span> </span>I am wondering if
there is any way via NCL to derive temperature and/or</font></font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">pressure with height given this information.<span> I</span>t seems</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">with either the hypsometric or Poisson's equation I am
lacking at least one </font><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">parameter.<span> </span></font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3"><span></span></font><br></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3"><span><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">Hypsometric: P = Psfc * e**(-z/H) </p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span> </span>Have z and Psfc,
and if one uses the approximation for scale height, H =</p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">29.3 *<span> </span>Tvirtual,
then Tvirtual = (1 + 0.61w) * T; I have w, however I</p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">don't have T.</p><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">Poisson's: Theta = T * (Psfc/P)**0.286</p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span> </span>Have Theta (potential T) and
Psfc, but no T or P. </p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></span></font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3"><span><span><br></span></span></font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3"><span></span>But
perhaps there is a way?<span> </span></font></div><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">TIA,</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Steve</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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