lair.pcaps.valleyheatdeficit#

lair.pcaps.valleyheatdeficit(data, integration_height=2200)[source]#

Calculate the valley heat deficit.

Whiteman, C. David, et al. “Relationship between Particulate Air Pollution and Meteorological Variables in Utah’s Salt Lake Valley.” Atmospheric Environment, vol. 94, Sept. 2014, pp. 742-53. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.06.012.

Parameters:

  • data (xr.DataSet) – The sounding data.

  • integration_height (int) – The height to integrate to [m].

Returns:

xr.DataArray – The valley heat deficit [MJ/m^2].

Return type:

DataArray