Concept information
Preferred term
potential temperature
Definition
- The potential temperature of a parcel of fluid at pressure P is the temperature that the parcel would attain if adiabatically brought to a standard reference pressure Pₒ, usually 1,000 hPa (1,000 mb). (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_temperature)
Broader concept
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-SMVV6VCT-K
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