Package ucar.visad.quantities

Class AdiabaticEquivalentTemperature

java.lang.Object
ucar.visad.quantities.Quantity
ucar.visad.quantities.ScalarQuantity
ucar.visad.quantities.Temperature
ucar.visad.quantities.AirTemperature
ucar.visad.quantities.AdiabaticEquivalentTemperature
public class AdiabaticEquivalentTemperature extends AirTemperature
Provides support for the quantity of equivalent potential temperature.

An instance of this class is immutable.

Version:
$Id: AdiabaticEquivalentTemperature.java,v 1.8 2005/05/13 18:35:36 jeffmc Exp $
Author:
Steven R. Emmerson

  • Field Details

    • lOverCSubP

      protected static Real lOverCSubP
      Latent heat of water-vapor evaporation over speciic heat capacity of of dry air at constant pressure.

  • Constructor Details

    • AdiabaticEquivalentTemperature

      protected AdiabaticEquivalentTemperature(String name) throws VisADException
      Constructs from a name.
      Parameters:
      name - The name for this quantity.
      Throws:
      VisADException - Couldn't create necessary VisAD object.

  • Method Details

    • getRealType

      public static RealType getRealType() throws VisADException
      Obtains the RealType associated with this class.
      Returns:
      The RealType associated with this class.
      Throws:
      VisADException - Couldn't perform necessary VisAD operation.

    • getRealTupleType

      public static RealTupleType getRealTupleType() throws VisADException
      Obtains the RealTupleType associated with this class.
      Returns:
      The RealTupleType associated with this class.
      Throws:
      VisADException - Couldn't perform necessary VisAD operation.

    • create

      public static Data create(Data temperature, Data mixingRatio) throws TypeException, VisADException, RemoteException
      Creates an adiabatic equivalent temperature data object.
      Parameters:
      temperature - The temperature data object.
      mixingRatio - The water-vapor mixing-ratio data object.
      Returns:
      The adiabatic equivalent temperature data object corresponding to the input arguments.
      Throws:
      TypeException - An input argument has wrong type.
      VisADException - Couldn't create necessary VisAD object.
      RemoteException - Java RMI failure.