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Deep Atmospheric Convection

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-007485

Thermally driven turbulent mixing where vertical motions take parcels from lower atmosphere above 500 hPa. Generally requires low level convergence and upper level divergence.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-007485
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNOAA Shallow/Deep Convection Scale Interaction at http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/international/training/deep/sld001.htm
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007485",
  "term": "Deep Atmospheric Convection",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Thermally driven turbulent mixing where vertical motions take parcels from lower atmosphere above 500 hPa. Generally requires low level convergence and upper level divergence.",
  "references": [
    "NOAA Shallow/Deep Convection Scale Interaction at http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/international/training/deep/sld001.htm"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/deep-atmospheric-convection/"
}

Record 7,485 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.