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Shallow atmospheric convection

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-025387

Thermally driven turbulent mixing where vertical lifting is capped below 500 hPa. Generally requires low level convergence and mid-level cap.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-025387
FieldEnvironment
SubjectNatural environments
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-025387",
  "term": "Shallow atmospheric convection",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Shallow Atmospheric Convection",
  "definition": "Thermally driven turbulent mixing where vertical lifting is capped below 500 hPa. Generally requires low level convergence and mid-level cap.",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "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/shallow-atmospheric-convection/"
}

Record 24,703 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.