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

[Yuan Lian]

Could you please show me where you saw negative potential temperature?
Potential temperature is defined as theta=(Pref/P)^kappa*T where T is
temperature in K. Thus potential temperature has to be positive.

Yuan

Brainf wrote:

>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.
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>>?K=273+?C. Most literature about atmospheric and oceanic dynamics (or
>>even general, fluid dynamics) uses K for simplification.
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>>Yuan
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>>Brainf wrote:
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>>>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. 
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>>>Brainf
>>>brainf at 163.com
>>>2006-08-09
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>Brainf
>brainf at 163.com
>2006-08-10
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