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lifting condensation level |
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lifting condensation level [′lift·iŋ ‚kän‚den′sā·shən ‚lev·əl] (meteorology) The level at which a parcel of moist air lifted dry adiabatically would become saturated. Abbreviated LCL. Also known as isentropic condensation level (ICL). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Early in the day several parameters, such as lifting condensation level (LCL), level of free convection (LFC) heights, 0-1 km storm-relative helicity (SRH), and 0-6 km shear values, indicated the potential for low-topped supercells and possibly tornadoes. Brooks, 2002: Comparison between observed convective cloud base heights and lifting condensation level for two different lifted parcels. radar wind profilers and Radio Acoustic Sounding Systems, it has been shown by Garratt (1992) that the mixing height (h) equals the lifting condensation level ( |
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