Evaluating Elevated Convection with the Downdraft Convective Inhibition

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Author
Market, P. S.
Rochette, Scott M.
Shewchuk, J.
Difani, R.
Kastman, Joshua S.
Henson, C. B.
Keyword
Elevated Convection
Downdraft Convective Inhibition
Journal title
Atmospheric Science Letters
Date Published
2017-01-23
Publication Volume
18

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/2180
Abstract
A method for evaluating the penetration of a stable layer by an elevated convective downdraft is discussed. Some controversy exists on the community’s ability to define truly elevated convection from surface-based convection. By comparing the downdraft convective inhibition (DCIN) to the downdraft convective available potential energy (DCAPE), we determine that downdraft penetration potential is progressively enabled as the DCIN is progressively smaller than the DCAPE; inversely as DCIN increases over DCAPE, so does the likelihood of purely elevated convection. Serial vertical soundings and accompanying analyses are provided to support this finding.
Citation
Market, P. S., Rochette, S. M., Shewchuk, J., Difani, R., Kastman, J. S., Henson, C. B. and Fox, N. I. (2017), Evaluating elevated convection with the downdraft convective inhibition. Atmosph. Sci. Lett., 18: 76–81. doi: 10.1002/asl.727
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.727
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This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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