air_pressure_at_convective_cloud_top
completeCreated: July 6, 2017
Proposer: Alison Pamment
Proposed Date: 2017-07-04
Change Date: July 6, 2017, 12:39 a.m.
Term: air_pressure_at_convective_cloud_top
Unit: Pa
Unit ref:
AMIP:
GRIB:
cloud_top refers to the top of the highest cloud. Convective cloud is that produced by the convection schemes in an atmosphere model.
Change Date: July 6, 2017, 12:40 a.m.
Term: air_pressure_at_convective_cloud_top
Unit: Pa
Unit ref: PASX
AMIP:
GRIB:
The phrase "cloud_top" refers to the top of the highest cloud. Convective cloud is that produced by the convection schemes in an atmosphere model. Air pressure is the force per unit area which would be exerted when the moving gas molecules of which the air is composed strike a theoretical surface of any orientation.