convective condensation level
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convective condensation level
[kən′vek·div ‚kän·den′sā‚shən ‚lev·əl] (meteorology)
On a thermodynamic diagram, the point of intersection of a sounding curve (representing the vertical distribution of temperature in an atmospheric column) with the saturation mixing-ratio line corresponding to the average mixing ratio in the surface layer (that is, approximately the lowest 1500 feet, or 450 meters).
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convective condensation level
The lowest level at which condensation will occur as a result of convection from surface heating.
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