[ncl-talk] Regarding the computation of CAPE

[Barry Lynn]

Hi:

I think the parcel temperature is calculated along an adiabatic (dry, then
wet). The environmental temperature is just the temperature of the sounding
at that level.

Barry

On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 10:15 PM Prashanth <
prashanth.bhalachandran at gmail.com> wrote:

> Barry,
> Thank you for responding. My question was less about using the function
> and more on understanding what the function does.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Prasanth
>
>
> Doctoral Candidate,
> Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University
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>
> On Sep 24, 2018, at 8:44 AM, Barry Lynn <barry.h.lynn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello:
>
> Is there a reason why you are not using a built in function?
>
> https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/wrf_cape_2d.shtml
>
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 3:26 AM Prashanth Bhalachandran <
> prashanth.bhalachandran at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Kind Regards!
>>
>> I just have a simple question regarding the computation of CAPE. I
>> understand that while calculating the CAPE, we need to subtract the
>> potential temperature of the parcel and its environment. My question is :
>> how do I get the temperature of the environment and the parcel? Is it
>> simply the domain average between two levels of interest? None of the
>> papers I referred to gives this detail. I tried going through the fortran
>> code but I couldn’t decipher this. Can you please help me understand?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Prashanth
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