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convective Richardson number

Weather; Meteorology

A dimensionless number that contains factors similar to the bulk Richardson number, but where the velocities, temperatures, and depths are based on mixed-layer scaling parameters. The convective ...

convective mass flux

Weather; Meteorology

An average vertical transport of mass for a field of cumulus clouds or thermals. This mass flux ''M c '' is given by [[File:ams2001glos-Ce32.gif

A relationship between surface fluxes and state of the air in the mid mixed layer, which applies to situations where convective thermals are causing nonlocal transport vertically in the atmospheric ...

conveyance

Weather; Meteorology

Used in open channel flow.) The ratio of the discharge, Q, in a channel to the square root of the energy gradient, ''S f ''. In the Manning equation it can be expressed as [[File:ams2001glos-Ce36.g ...

convolution

Weather; Meteorology

Mathematical operation that is used to describe the imperfect response or resolution of an instrument or a measurement. For example, the time response of a linear system to an input function is ...

conditional probability

Weather; Meteorology

The probability that an event ''A'' will occur, under the assumption that another event ''B'' has occurred or will occur. The conditional probability is written [[File:ams2001glos-Cex05.gif