potential temperature

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04787
The temperature that a dry air parcel would have if lowered or raised adiabatically to a level of 1000 \(\text{mbar}\) pressure (or other arbitrary @S05921@).
Source:
PAC, 1990, 62, 2167. (Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)) on page 2207 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'potential temperature' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04787 RIS BibTex EndNote
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