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- Convection 1: Convection in the context of large-scale circulation
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Parametrisation of diabatic processes - Convection in the context of large-scale circulation
This lesson will take you through what convection is and the phenomena it causes.
Last updated: 11 December 2025
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What you'll learn
- The importance of convection in global energy and water balance.
- Meteorological phenomena generated by convection.
- About buoyancy and the parcel or plume method
- About large scale effects of convection
- About convectively coupled waves