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I have calculated the ∂θe/∂z with 'Height', 'Latitude', 'Longitude' dimensions.

import numpy as np
import xarray as xr
from wrf import (getvar)

eth = np.array(getvar(ncfile, "eth", timeidx=time))
z = np.array(getvar(ncfile, "z", timeidx=time, units="km")) 

deth = np.gradient(eth, axis=0)
dz = np.gradient(z, axis=0)
deth_dz = deth/dz

dthdz = xr.DataArray(data=deth_dz, dims=['Height', 'Latitude', 'Longitude'])

I would like to plot the horizontal depth or thickness (in km) of the dthdz. It is a bit similar to this question. But when I do dthdz.sum(dim='Height'), I get very low depth values. I just want to know where I'm doing it wrong. Thank you!

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  • $\begingroup$ For programming related questions unless you provide the dataset very few here can help you $\endgroup$
    – gansub
    Sep 14 at 7:44
  • $\begingroup$ Why not use MetPy's thickness API - unidata.github.io/MetPy/latest/api/generated/… ? $\endgroup$
    – gansub
    Sep 14 at 7:45
  • $\begingroup$ thanks @gansub! this uses conventional wrfout data. i tried the thickness_hydrostatic but it outputs in 1D. i was hoping to make a horizontal plot of the depth $\endgroup$
    – Kas
    Sep 14 at 8:36
  • $\begingroup$ Suggest you take this over to MetPy gitter and then ask the question over there. $\endgroup$
    – gansub
    Sep 14 at 8:49

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