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[python #VSF-738863]: Calculating storm relative helicity for gridded data

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  • Subject: [python #VSF-738863]: Calculating storm relative helicity for gridded data
  • Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 14:34:09 -0600
Greetings!

MetPy has a storm_relative_helicity calculation, on which you specify a custom 
depth:

  
https://unidata.github.io/MetPy/latest/api/generated/metpy.calc.storm_relative_helicity.html

Unfortunately, this does not currently support being given full 3D grids as 
input, only a single 1D profile, so you'll need to loop over the grid points in 
order to use it on gridded GFS output.

Addressing this limitation is definitely in our medium-term plans, though.

Cheers!

Ryan

> Hello
> 
> I would like to calculate the 0-3km SRH for gridded GFS data.
> I see there is a 0-1.5km SRH variable but not 0-3km.
> Is there an efficient way to calculate the 0-3km SRH?


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: VSF-738863
Department: Support Python
Priority: Low
Status: Closed
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