Meteorology

Meteorology

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conservative field

Weather; Meteorology

A field for which the work done in moving an isolated particle of unit mass around a closed path is zero: [[File:ams2001glos-Ce26.gif

convective available potential energy (CAPE)

Weather; Meteorology

The maximum energy available to an ascending parcel, according to parcel theory. On a thermodynamic diagram this is called positive area, and can be seen as the region between the lifted parcel ...

convective inhibition (CIN)

Weather; Meteorology

The energy needed to lift an air parcel vertically and pseudoadiabatically from its originating level to its level of free convection (LFC). For an air parcel possessing positive CAPE, the CIN ...

correlation coefficient

Weather; Meteorology

A measure of the persistence of the eddy velocity as a function of time and space. Two types are distinguished: 1) In the Eulerian correlation coefficient, the time difference is zero, ...

Scotch mist

Weather; Meteorology

A combination of thick mist (or fog) and heavy drizzle occurring frequently in Scotland and in parts of England. In the Devon-Cornwall peninsula, the same phenomenon is referred to as “mizzle. ”