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POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE  

Definition

  • The temperature that an unsaturated parcel of dry air would have if brought adiabatically and reversibly from its initial state to a standard pressure, p0, typically 100 kPa. (en)

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Change note

  • 2013-09-04 14:36:39.0 [epneff] Move Concepts add broader relation (POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE [7a0bd777-be0d-43c8-80eb-5ac58f4832de,86263] - SURFACE TEMPERATURE [5a7bb095-4d12-4232-bc75-b8e82197cb92,86389]); delete broader relation (null);
  • 2013-10-16 18:44:30.0 [saritz] updated definition update Definition (The temperature that an unsaturated parcel of dry air would have if brought adiabatically and reversibly from its initial state to a standard pressure, p0, typically 100 kPa.); update Definition (Glossary of Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, 2013, http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Potential_temperature);

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