[MITgcm-support] How to convert THETA 's unit degK into degC?

Brainf brainf at 163.com
Wed Aug 9 21:03:02 EDT 2006


I know thermodynamic Temperature use K, and It is simplification.
But In MITGCM the THETA(Potential Temperature) has minus value in degK.
thermodynamic Temperature hasn't minus value, so I think degK isn't  thermodynamic Temperature.


======= At 2006-08-09, 23:42:25 you wrote: =======

>
>?K=273+?C. Most literature about atmospheric and oceanic dynamics (or
>even general, fluid dynamics) uses K for simplification.
>
>Yuan
>
>Brainf wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I usualy use unit degC in Potential Temperature.
>>But now i found MITGCM use  unit degK in  THETA(Potential Temperature).
>>What different in degK and degC ? How to convert them?
>>
>>Best regards. 
>>
>>Brainf
>>brainf at 163.com
>>2006-08-09
>>
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Brainf
brainf at 163.com
2006-08-10






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