<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>If you have temperature and height data on pressure surfaces, you can calculate lapse rate as <br><br></div>'define lapserate = (tmpprs(z+1)-tmpprs(z-1)) / (hgtprs(z+1) - hgtprs(z-1))'<br>
<br></div>or if you're looking for the lapse rate between a specific set of pressure levels<br><br>'define dtdz75 = (tmpprs(lev=500) - tmpprs(lev=700)) / (hgtprs(lev=500) - hgtprs(lev=700))'<br><br></div>for instance, for the 700-500 mb layer.<br>
<br>Jeff Duda<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 11:25 PM, Perry, Aaron @ LSC <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Aaron.Perry@lsc.vsc.edu" target="_blank">Aaron.Perry@lsc.vsc.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Does anyone know of a way to calculate lapse rate? <br>
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I realize that lapse rate is simply the change in temperature with height but, I've been having trouble putting to the concept into a working piece of a script.<br>
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