moistAdiabaticLapseRate {aiRthermo}

Moist Adiabatic Lapse Rate

Description

This function calculates the moist adiabatic lapse rate according to a provided mixing ratio (kg/kg) (Tsonis, eq 7.29).

Usage

moistAdiabaticLapseRate(w, consts = export_constants())

Arguments

w

A vector with mixing ratio values (kg/kg).

consts

The constants defined in aiRthermoConstants data are necessary.

Value

This function returns a vector with the moist adiabatic lapse rate (dry adiabatic lapse rate with correction of c_p due to the water vapour in moist air).

References

Tsonis, A. A. (2002). An Introduction to Atmospheric Thermodynamics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Eq. 7.29.

Examples

data(RadiosondeA)
aws<-RadiosondeA[,6]/1000
moistAdiabaticLapseRate(aws)