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calculate PBL height from soundings #1515

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Hello metpy community,

Would a function to calculate PBL height from sounding information be within the scope of metpy? Hennemuth and Lammert (2006) describe some of the common approaches, which include 1) a bulk richardson number, 2) parcel theory, and a 3) humidity/potential temperature gradient based approach. Maybe there are some other methods that I don't know about. This is something that I can try and contribute if it is within scope. Thanks!

Hennemuth, B., Lammert, A. Determination of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Height from Radiosonde and Lidar Backscatter. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 120, 181–200 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-005-9035-3
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10546-005-9035-3

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