diff --git a/src/metpy/calc/thermo.py b/src/metpy/calc/thermo.py index 654329bc631..b9c69fec979 100644 --- a/src/metpy/calc/thermo.py +++ b/src/metpy/calc/thermo.py @@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ def parcel_profile(pressure, temperature, dewpoint, lapse_type='standard', param @exporter.export @preprocess_and_wrap() @check_units('[pressure]', '[temperature]', '[temperature]') -def parcel_profile_with_lcl(pressure, temperature, dewpoint): +def parcel_profile_with_lcl(pressure, temperature, dewpoint, lapse_type='standard', params=None): r"""Calculate the profile a parcel takes through the atmosphere. The parcel starts at `temperature`, and `dewpoint`, lifted up @@ -1146,6 +1146,30 @@ def parcel_profile_with_lcl(pressure, temperature, dewpoint): Atmospheric dewpoint at the levels in `pressure`. The first entry should be at the same level as the first `pressure` data point. + lapse_type : `string`, optional + Definition of moist adiabat to use; if not given, it defaults to moist_lapse + Options: + 'standard' for simplified pseudoadiabatic process + 'pseudoadiabatic' for pseudoadiabatic moist process + 'reversible' for reversible moist process + 'so13' for Singh and O'Gorman (2013); https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50796 + 'r14' for Romps (2014); https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00255.1 + More info: https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Adiabatic_lapse_rate + + params : `dict` or None, optional + External parameters used for the some lapse_types + Required parameters: + For 'so13': { + 'ep0': entrainment constant [unitless], + 'rh0': ambient relative humidity [unitless], + } + For 'r14': { + 'de': scalar or 1-d array, detrainment rate [m**-1], + 'ep': scalar or 1-d array, entrainment rate [m**-1], + 'pa': 1-d array, optional, pressure levels + defining detrainment and entrainment profile [Pa] + } + Returns ------- pressure : `pint.Quantity` @@ -1204,7 +1228,7 @@ def parcel_profile_with_lcl(pressure, temperature, dewpoint): """ p_l, p_lcl, p_u, t_l, t_lcl, t_u = _parcel_profile_helper(pressure, temperature[0], - dewpoint[0]) + dewpoint[0], lapse_type, params) new_press = concatenate((p_l, p_lcl, p_u)) prof_temp = concatenate((t_l, t_lcl, t_u)) new_temp = _insert_lcl_level(pressure, temperature, p_lcl)