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Some aspects of convection as measured from aircraft
Author(s) -
Grant D. R.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49709138903
Subject(s) - cloud base , convection , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , turbulence , humidity , environmental science , relative humidity , potential temperature , warm front , materials science , geology , physics , cloud computing , computer science , operating system
Temperature and humidity fluctuations obtained from a fast‐responding thermometer and radio refractometer in convective conditions over a flat surface have been studied. Warm, moist ascending patches of air emerging from a layer of mechanical turbulence near the surface were observed up to about 600 m. The excess temperature of these patches decreased rapidly with height. Between 1,000 m and cloud base (1,300 m) there was evidence of warm dry air descending from above cloud base. This could make a significant contribution to the warming in the convective layer.