equivalent potential temperature

English

Noun

equivalent potential temperature (plural equivalent potential temperatures)

  1. The temperature a parcel of air at a specific temperature would have if raised from a specific pressure level to zero millibars, had all moisture condensed from it, and then lowered to 1000 millibars.
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