boltonTLCL {aiRthermo}

Find the Temperature at the Lifting Condensation Level (LCL)

Description

This function is used to calculate the Temperature at the Lifting Condensation Level (LCL) using Bolton's approximation instead of integrating the Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) upwards.

Usage

boltonTLCL(TempCelsius, rh, consts = export_constants())

Arguments

TempCelsius

Temperature in degrees Celsius.

rh

Relative humidity (%).

consts

Includes the frecuently used constants in thermodynamics defined in

aiRthermoConstants.

Value

This function calculates an approximation of the temperature in degrees Celsius corresponding to the LCL.

References

Bolton, D. (1980). The computation of equivalent potential temperature, Monthly Weather Review 108, 1046-1053. doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1980)108<1046:TCOEPT>2.0.CO;2.

Examples

T0=273.15
rh=66.25489
boltonTLCL(T0,rh)