1.8 CF Standard Names: Atmosphere Level of Free Convection Wrt Surface (atmosphere_level_of_free_convection_wrt_surface)

Record Label : atmosphere_level_of_free_convection_wrt_surface

Record Title : Atmosphere Level of Free Convection Wrt Surface

CF Standard Name : atmosphere_level_of_free_convection_wrt_surface

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 from the surface to the LCL (lifting condensation level), then moist adiabatically until the parcel temperature is equal to the ambient temperature.

Canonical Units : m