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Convective — Con*vec tive, a. Caused or accomplished by convection; as, a convective discharge of electricity. Faraday. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
convective — ● convectif, convective adjectif Relatif à une convection … Encyclopédie Universelle
convective — convection ► NOUN ▪ transference of mass or heat within a fluid caused by the tendency of warmer and less dense material to rise. DERIVATIVES convect verb convectional adjective convective adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from convehere, from vehere… … English terms dictionary
convective — kənˈvektiv adjective Etymology: convection + ive 1. : having the property or power of conveying : transporting the convective force of water 2. : of or relating to convection … Useful english dictionary
Convective storm detection — is the meteorological observation of deep, moist convection (DMC) and consists of detection, monitoring, and short term prediction. This term includes the minority of storms which do not produce lightning and thunder. Convective storms can… … Wikipedia
Convective overshoot — is a phenomenon of convection carrying material beyond an unstable region of the atmosphere into a stratified, stable region. Overshoot is caused by the momentum of the convecting material, which carries the material beyond the unstable region.… … Wikipedia
Convective momentum transport — in the atmosphere it is an exchange of momentum usually due to vertical motion associated with clouds. The essential processes responsible for cloud convective momentum transport in tropics are: (i) the vertical momentum advection due to… … Wikipedia
Convective Available Potential Energy — (CAPE) ist ein Maß für die zur Konvektion (vertikale Luftmassenbewegung) zur Verfügung stehende Energie. Sie steht in direktem Zusammenhang zur Geschwindigkeit der vertikalen Luftmassenbewegung. Höhere Werte entsprechen einem höheren Risiko für… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Convective inhibition — (dt. „Konvektionshemmung“; abgekürzt CIN, CINH) in der Meteorologie ist die Energie, die ein Luftpaket überwinden muss, um das Level of Free Convection (LFC) zu erreichen, d.h. selbständig weiter aufzusteigen. Sie ist ein Maß für die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Convective available potential energy — A skew T plot showing a morning sounding with a large hydrolapse followed by an afternoon sounding showing the cooling which occurred in the mid levels resulting in an unstable atmosphere as surface parcels have now become negatively buoyant. The … Wikipedia
Convective inhibition — A Skew T diagram with important features labeled Convective inhibition (CIN or CINH) is a numerical measure in meteorology that indicates the amount of energy that will prevent an air parcel from rising from the surface to the level of free… … Wikipedia
