Free convection
Motion caused only by density differences in a fluid. See also Level of Free Convection
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Free convection Convection triggered by intense solar heating of the earth's surface.
FREE CONVECTION - Region where air in a rising air parcel is always warmer, and thus less dense, than the surrounding air. The air parcel will continue rising as long as it is lighter that the surrounding air.
level of free convection"(Abbreviated LFC.) The level at which a parcel of air lifted dry-adiabatically until saturated and saturation-adiabatically thereafter would first become warmer than its surroundings in a conditionally unstable atmosphere.
LEVEL OF FREE CONVECTION (LFC) The level at which a parcel of saturated air becomes warmer than the surrounding air and begins to rise freely. This occurs most readily in a conditionally unstable atmosphere.
LFC - Level of Free Convection. The level at which lifted air becomes unstable and hence rises on its own.
Mamma - Pouch-like clouds, usually found beneath the anvil of a thunderstorm.
Some values that can be determined are the Convective Condensation Level (CCL), the Lifting Condensation Level (LCL), and the Level of Free Convection (LFC).
Distinction is made between free convection (gravitational or buoyant convection), motion caused only by density differences within the fluid; and forced convection, ...
Equilibrium Level(EL) - On a sounding, the level above the level of free convection (LFC) at which the temperature of a rising air parcel again equals the temperature of the environment.
A region of negative buoyancy below an existing level of free convection (LFC) where energy must be supplied to the parcel to maintain its ascent.
(EL) - On a sounding, the level above the level of free convection (LFC) at which the temperature of a rising air parcel again equals the temperature of the environment.
Convective inhibition (CIN or CINH) is a meteorlogic parameter that measures the amount of energy that will prevent an air parcel from rising from the surface to the level of free convection. Conceptually, it is the opposite of CAPE.
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meteorology, convection usually refers to atmospheric motions that are predominantly vertical, such as rising air currents due to surface heating. The rising of heated surface air and the sinking of cooler air aloft is often called free convection.
 See also: Convection, Air, Temperature, Energy, Surface
  
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