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calculate PBL height from soundings
Hello metpy community,
Would a function to calculate PBL height from sounding information be within the scope of metpy? Hennemuth and Lammert (2006) describe some of the common approaches, which include 1) a bulk richardson number, 2) parcel theory, and a 3) humidity/potential temperature gradient based approach. Maybe there are some other methods that I don't know about. This is something that I can try and contribute if it is within scope. Thanks!
Hennemuth, B., Lammert, A. Determination of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Height from Radiosonde and Lidar Backscatter. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 120, 181–200 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-005-9035-3 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10546-005-9035-3
Sure, that's something that's in scope--especially since you have a publication to point to, so we know we're not adding some ad-hoc method. If you decide to work on it, it might make sense to create a new file/module: src/metpy/calc/boundarylayer.py.
cc @lesserwhirls
Hello, I am wondering if MetPy has included this feature to calculate the PBL height? Thanks,
@XiaSun-Atmos This issue remains to be done. Happy to accept a contribution adding it!
Hi! It happens we have a code that is ready and that would tackle this issue! We will try to push it in the next few days.
Sorry, the code is ready but the unitary tests are missing. I thought I would have the time to do it "in the next few days" but I didn't! Probably next week, I will have more time.