virtual_temperature_of_air

under discussion
Created: Jan. 10, 2024
Proposer: Jonathan Gregory
Proposed Date: 2023-03-09
Standard names: Virtual potential temperature
Change Date: Jan. 10, 2024, 1:49 p.m.
Term: virtual_temperature
Unit: K
Unit ref: UPKA
AMIP:
GRIB: 12
The virtual temperature of air is the 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.
Change Date: Jan. 10, 2024, 1:52 p.m.
Term: virtual_temperature_of_air
Unit: K
Unit ref: UPKA
AMIP:
GRIB: 12
The virtual temperature of air is the 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.