Adding to what Andy has said...there is no such thing as vertically averaged CAPE.<br><br>Jeff Duda<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Andrew Revering <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andy@f5data.com">andy@f5data.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I just want to make sure that you're really doing what you want
to do…</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">CAPE is an integration of values generally from the surface all
the way to the top of the atmosphere or EL (Equilibrium Level) where CAPE
becomes 0 again. You add up the values at each level to get the value known as
CAPE.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">The only adjustment to this process is sometimes you mix the
lower 100mb and then raise the parcel from those values as if they were the
values at the surface when calculating the parcel temperature.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">If you know all that and you're goal is something else, ignore
me. :)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Andy</span></p>
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<a href="mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Wendell Farias<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 15, 2010 7:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [gradsusr] average of the multiple levels</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Dear
users,<br>
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I have a file with CAPE in multiple levels (1000 to 100), varying in a grid.
How can I to calculate the average considering all levels. I want the average
of CAPE among 1000 to 100. I'm hoping for some suggestions<br>
For exemple:<br>
lon= -50 to -42<br>
lat= -25 to -21<br>
lev= 1000 to 100 Z= 1 to 19<br>
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Thank you advanced,<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Jeff Duda<br>Iowa State University<br>Meteorology Graduate Student<br>3134 Agronomy Hall<br><a href="http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/~jdduda">www.meteor.iastate.edu/~jdduda</a><br>