Convection
Measurement Categories: Atmospheric State
Description: Vertical motion within the atmosphere due to thermal instability, with important impacts on the type cloud systems that can develop.
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Instruments that produce the measurement
The above measurement is considered scientifically relevant for the following instruments. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers of each instrument for a list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.
- ARM Instruments
- External Instruments
- Field Campaign Instruments
Datastreams including the measurement
- mwrp - Microwave Radiometer data (MWR Profiles - QME), water vapor, temp, cloud liquid water, precip water retrievals
- allruc20hybr - Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: hybrid analysis data, 20-km resolution
- allruc20isob - Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: isobaric main analysis data, 20-km resolution
- allruc40hybr - Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: hybrid analyisis data, 40 km resolution
- allruc40isob - Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: isobaric main analysis data, 40-km resolution
- ruc20hybr - Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: daily hybrid analysis data, 20 km resolution
- ruc20isob - Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: daily isobaric analysis data, 20 km resolution
- synruc20isob - Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: isobaric output, 20 km grid, averaged to 40 km