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[python #CAU-929310]: MetPy: sbCAPE

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  • Subject: [python #CAU-929310]: MetPy: sbCAPE
  • Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:08:32 -0600
Greetings!

Apologies on the delayed response. 

CAPE is implemented as a direct integral over the environmental temperature 
profile and the calculated parcel profile. Any error margin in the calculated 
CAPE value is really the error margins from the original data, scaled by 
metpy.constants.Rd since that's what converts the integrated temperature 
difference to energy.

Hope this helps,

Ryan

> Hi Ryan,
> 
> I'm currently writing a paper on severe convective storms over Europe using
> your MetPy code for surface-based CAPE. I was wondering if you know the
> error margin on this calculation?
> 

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Ticket ID: CAU-929310
Department: Support Python
Priority: Low
Status: Closed
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