virtual_potential_temperature_of_air
under discussionCreated: Jan. 10, 2024
Proposer: Simon Peatman
Proposed Date: 2022-12-09
Change Date: Jan. 10, 2024, 1:52 p.m.
Term: virtual_potential_temperature_of_air
Unit: K
Unit ref: UPKA
AMIP:
GRIB:
The virtual potential temperature of air is the potential temperature at which the dry air constituent of a parcel of moist air would have the same density as the moist air at the same pressure.