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Retrieve stability indicies from a sounding
-------------------------------------------------------------

This example shows how to retrieve CAPE, CIN, and lifted index
from a sounding.

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    lifted_index: 28.475911738044147 units=kelvin
    surface_based_cape: 0.9631748579887774 units=J/kg
    surface_based_cin: 0 units=J/kg
    most_unstable_cape: 0 units=J/kg
    most_unstable_cin: 0 units=J/kg
    lifted_condensation_level_temperature: -8.078216552734375 units=degree_Celsius
    lifted_condensation_level_pressure: 927.1637573242188 units=hectopascal







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.. code-block:: Python


    import warnings

    from arm_test_data import DATASETS

    import act

    warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')


    def print_summary(ds, variables):
        for var_name in variables:
            print(f'{var_name}: {ds[var_name].values} ' f"units={ds[var_name].attrs['units']}")
        print()


    filename_sonde = DATASETS.fetch('sgpsondewnpnC1.b1.20190101.053200.cdf')
    sonde_ds = act.io.arm.read_arm_netcdf(filename_sonde)

    sonde_ds = act.retrievals.calculate_stability_indicies(
        sonde_ds, temp_name='tdry', td_name='dp', p_name='pres'
    )

    variables = [
        'lifted_index',
        'surface_based_cape',
        'surface_based_cin',
        'most_unstable_cape',
        'most_unstable_cin',
        'lifted_condensation_level_temperature',
        'lifted_condensation_level_pressure',
    ]

    print_summary(sonde_ds, variables)


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