1.8 CF Standard Names: Atmosphere Level of Free Convection (atmosphere_level_of_free_convection)

Record Label : atmosphere_level_of_free_convection

Record Title : Atmosphere Level of Free Convection

CF Standard Name : atmosphere_level_of_free_convection

Record Description : The level of free convection is the altitude where the temperature of the environment decreases faster than the moist adiabatic lapse rate of a saturated air parcel at the same level. It is calculated by lifting a parcel of air dry adiabatically to the LCL (lifted condensation level), then moist adiabatically until the parcel temperature is equal to the ambient temperature. A coordinate variable of original_air_pressure_of_lifted_parcel should be specified to indicate the starting height of the lifted parcel.

Canonical Units : m