[ncl-talk] questions on using vibeta to do mass-weighted vertical integration

Dennis Shea shea at ucar.edu
Wed Jul 10 15:30:48 MDT 2019


I'd suggest using

*http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Contributed/wgt_vertical_n.shtml*
<http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Contributed/wgt_vertical_n.shtml>
See Example 2

On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 10:56 AM Hui Ding via ncl-talk <ncl-talk at ucar.edu>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I am trying to calculate mass-weighted vertical integration of latent
> heating from CESM LENS. I have a few questions on vibeta.
>
> 1. Latent heating is on hybrid levels in CAM5. Is it necessary to
> interpolate data on to pressure levels prior to using vibeta?
>
> 2. Is it correct to use pbot and ptop to specify the range for vertical
> integration? What if surface pressure is larger or smaller than pbot?
>
> Thank you very much!
> Best,
> Hui
>
>
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