On formulas for equivalent potential temperature

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3137-3148

  Davies Jones, Robert ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS; MAXIMUM ERROR; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC DIAGRAMS; WET-BULB;

THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EQUATION OF STATE; NUMERICAL METHOD; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 70350746647     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2774.1     Document Type: Article

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