Summarize a sounding

Arguments

x: a sounding object, created with readSounding().
Author

Dan Kelley
Examples

library(atm)
file <- system.file("extdata", "Shearwater_2024-07-11.txt.gz", package = "atm")
sounding <- readSounding(file)
summary(sounding)
#> Station AWE (#73110 at -63.50E, 44.63N) on 2024-07-11: 11 data and 27 metadata; the metadata are as follows:
#> List of 27
#>  $ Station identifier                         : chr "AWE"
#>  $ Station number                             : num 73110
#>  $ Observation time                           : POSIXct[1:1], format: "2024-07-11"
#>  $ Station latitude                           : num 44.6
#>  $ Station longitude                          : num -63.5
#>  $ Station elevation                          : num 38
#>  $ Showalter index                            : num 1.24
#>  $ Lifted index                               : num 0.96
#>  $ LIFT computed using virtual temperature    : num 0.89
#>  $ SWEAT index                                : num 245
#>  $ K index                                    : num 31.9
#>  $ Cross totals index                         : num 19.5
#>  $ Vertical totals index                      : num 23.7
#>  $ Totals totals index                        : num 43.2
#>  $ Convective Available Potential Energy      : num 0
#>  $ CAPE using virtual temperature             : num 0
#>  $ Convective Inhibition                      : num 0
#>  $ CINS using virtual temperature             : num 0
#>  $ Bulk Richardson Number                     : num 0
#>  $ Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV          : num 0
#>  $ Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level  : num 290
#>  $ Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: num 901
#>  $ Equivalent potential temp [K] of the LCL   : num 339
#>  $ Mean mixed layer potential temperature     : num 299
#>  $ Mean mixed layer mixing ratio              : num 13.7
#>  $ 1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness              : num 5762
#>  $ Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: num 50.3