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EA:  EQUIV_POTENTIAL_TEMPERATURE

Status: SUBM 2009/06/04

Concept definition: The <<AIR_TEMPERATURE>> an <AIR_PARCEL> would reach if all the water vapour in the parcel were to condense, releasing its latent heat, and the parcel were then brought adiabatically to a pressure of 100 kPa; equivalent potential temperature.
 
Attribute value type: REAL
Unit equivalence class label: THERMO_TEMPERATURE
 
Reference type: IR
Reference: [HESS]
Supplemental references: [JMBL, "temperature potential"]

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