shallow_convective_cloud_top_altitude
completeCreated: Sept. 8, 2020
Proposer: Beate Geyer and Burkhardt Rocklel
Proposed Date: 2020-08-21
Change Date: Sept. 8, 2020, 3:11 p.m.
Term: shallow_convective_cloud_top_altitude
Unit: m
Unit ref: ULAA
AMIP:
GRIB:
cloud_top refers to the top of the highest cloud. Altitude is the (geometric) height above the geoid, which is the reference geopotential surface. The geoid is similar to mean sea level. Shallow convective cloud is nonprecipitating cumulus cloud with cloud tops below 3000 m above the surface that produced by the convection schemes in an atmosphere model.
Change Date: Nov. 4, 2020, 11:26 a.m.
Term: shallow_convective_cloud_top_altitude
Unit: m
Unit ref: ULAA
AMIP:
GRIB:
cloud_top refers to the top of the highest cloud. Altitude is the (geometric) height above the geoid, which is the reference geopotential surface. The geoid is similar to mean sea level. Shallow convective cloud is nonprecipitating cumulus cloud with a cloud top below 3000m above the surface produced by the convection schemes in an atmosphere model.
Change Date: Nov. 25, 2020, 10:36 a.m.
Term: shallow_convective_cloud_top_altitude
Unit: m
Unit ref: ULAA
AMIP:
GRIB:
The phrase "cloud_top" refers to the top of the highest cloud. Altitude is the (geometric) height above the geoid, which is the reference geopotential surface. The geoid is similar to mean sea level. Shallow convective cloud is nonprecipitating cumulus cloud with a cloud top below 3000m above the surface produced by the convection schemes in an atmosphere model. Some atmosphere models differentiate between shallow and deep convection.