temperature conversions {TrenchR}

Convert Among Temperature Scales

Description

The function converts temperatures among Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin (J. Blischak et al. 2016).

Usage

fahrenheit_to_kelvin(temperature)

kelvin_to_celsius(temperature)

celsius_to_kelvin(temperature)

fahrenheit_to_celsius(temperature)

Arguments

temperature

numeric temperature (Celsius, Fahrenheit, or Kelvin).

Value

numeric temperature (Celsius, Fahrenheit, or Kelvin).

References

J. Blischak, D. Chen, H. Dashnow, Haine D (2016). Software Carpentry: Programming with R. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.57541, Version 2016.06, June 2016.

See Also

Other utility functions: airpressure_from_elev(), azimuth_angle(), day_of_year(), daylength(), dec_angle(), solar_noon(), zenith_angle()

Examples

  kelvin_to_celsius(temperature = 270)
  fahrenheit_to_kelvin(temperature = 85)
  fahrenheit_to_celsius(temperature = 85)
  celsius_to_kelvin(temperature = -10)