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equivalent potential temperature: a standalone construct

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equivalent potentialtemperature1 CONSTRUCTEquivalent potentialBOLTON · METEOROLOGY

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the temperature an air parcel would reach if all its water vapor condensed and the parcel were brought adiabatically to 1000 hPa.

In meteorology, equivalent potential temperature refers to the temperature an air parcel would reach if all its water vapor condensed and the parcel were brought adiabatically to 1000 hPa. This meaning comes from Bolton (1980) in Monthly Weather Review.[1]

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  1. Bolton, D. (1980). The Computation of Equivalent Potential Temperature. Monthly Weather Review, 108(7), 1046-1053. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1980)108<1046:tcoept>2.0.co;2

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