Convective Cloud Features In Typical Synoptic Situations
Competency Framework
WMO Satellite Skills
Description
Presentation 9 from the Synoptic and Mesoscale Analysis of Satellite Images 2016
Length: 50 min
Author: Frans Debie (KNMI)
Content
Convection can be found everywhere on the planet. However in meteorological way of thinking in mid-latitudes there is convection in different airmasses and also at the boundary of these airmasses. Convection at the boundaries belongs to the sub-features of frontal systems and we won’t deal with convection in the frontal systems.
In this lecture a few examples of unstable air Conceptual models will be shown, for instance: Cumulonimbi, Enhancement of convection by PV, Spanish Plume, etc. The typical environment is one part and the organization modes is the second part of the lecture.