tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_convective_cloud_water_in_air_due_to_deposition_and_condensation kg kg-1 s-1 [PRSC]
Change Date: 16 Feb 2025, 3:54 p.m.
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_convective_cloud_water_in_air_due_to_deposition_and_condensation kg kg-1 s-1 [PRSC] The phrase "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "Mass fraction" is used in the construction "mass_fraction_of_X_in_Y", where X is a material constituent of Y. It means the ratio of the mass of X to the mass of Y (including X). A chemical species or biological group denoted by X may be described by a single term such as "nitrogen" or a phrase such as "nox_expressed_as_nitrogen". Convective cloud is that produced by the convection schemes in an atmosphere model. The specification of a physical process by the phrase "due_to_" process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. Deposition is the opposite of sublimation, i.e. it is the conversion of vapor into solid. Deposition in clouds is distinct from the processes of dry deposition and wet deposition of atmospheric aerosol particles, which are referred to in some standard names. Condensation is the conversion of vapor into liquid.