Concept
Atmosphere stability showalter index
| URI | http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/standard_name/atmosphere_stability_showalter_index/ | ||
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| Within Vocab | Climate and Forecast Standard Names | ||
| Definition | The atmosphere_stability_showalter_index is an index used to determine convective and thunderstorm potential and is often referred to as simply the showalter index. The index is defined as the temperature difference between a parcel of air lifted from 850 to 500 hPa (wet adiabatically) and the ambient air temperature at 500 hPa. It is strongly recommended that a variable with this standard name should have the attribute units_metadata="temperature: difference", meaning that it refers to temperature differences and implying that the origin of the temperature scale is irrelevant, because it is essential to know whether a temperature is on-scale or a difference in order to convert the units correctly (cf. https://cfconventions.org/cf-conventions/cf-conventions.html#temperature-units). | ||
| Date | None | ||
| Note | accepted | ||
| modified | 2024-05-20 20:39:49.0 | ||
| Exact Match | http://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/atmosphere_stability_showalter_index | ||
| http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/standard_name/atmosphere_stability_showalter_index/ | |||
P07:J1MV00N0 |
atmosphere_stability_showalter_index | ||
| Related | P06:UPKA |
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