dparcel

dparcel is a very simple model of downdrafts in atmospheric convection that uses parcel theory to simulate the motion of a descending, entraining air parcel. You may supply any atmospheric sounding and initial conditions for the calculation.

It was developed by Thomas Schanzer, an undergraduate student at the University of New South Wales, as part of a research project under the supervision of Prof. Steven Sherwood of the UNSW Climate Change Research Centre.

Installation

Use the package manager pip to install dparcel.

pip install dparcel

Dependencies

The following packages must be installed:

• numpy

• scipy

• metpy>=1.2

Documentation Contents

• API
  • dparcel.parcel module
  • dparcel.environment module
  • dparcel.thermo module
• Examples
  • Simulating the motion of a downdraft parcel
  • Supplying your own atmospheric sounding
• Technical Reference
  • Abstract
  • Contents
    • Introduction and theory
    • Literature review
    • Methods
    • An alternative method
    • References

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page

License

BSD-3-Clause License