convection

Courses tagged with "convection"

Parametrisation of diabatic processes - case studies (convection)

Four case studies exploring the conditions that cause deep convection, considering predictability and forecast errors.

Level: Others
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What you'll learn:

  • The upper and lower-level flow conditions that favour deep convection
  • Translating weather maps in situations of deep convection
  • How to identify convective features and areas with potential predictability and forecast errors
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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.

Level: Others
Certification course: No
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
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Parametrization of diabatic processes - The mass-flux approach and the IFS scheme

This lesson looks at the three classes of parametrization schemes and the main characteristics of the IFS scheme.

Level: Others
Certification course: No
What you'll learn:

  • What parameterisation schemes for convection are, and the main aims.
  • The three main parameterisation schemes used for convection:
    • Those based on moisture budgets
    • Adjustment schemes
    • Mass-flux schemes
  • The convection scheme used in ECMWF's Integrated Forecasting System (IFS)
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