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Height (km) 20 15 10 10 TURBULENCE AND CUMULUS CLOUDS - Level of neutral buoyancy Dry 5 static energy Saturation moist static energy Moist static Level of free energy convection 300 320 340 360 380 400 420 kJ/kg Figure 3.5. The observed vertical distribution of the moist static energy (dashed curve), for January, in kJ kg. A minimum occurs in the tropics, about 5 km above the surface. (solid black curve) and

Height (km) 20 15 10 10 TURBULENCE AND CUMULUS CLOUDS - Level of neutral buoyancy Dry 5 static energy Saturation moist static energy Moist static Level of free energy convection 300 320 340 360 380 400 420 kJ/kg Figure 3.5. The observed vertical distribution of the moist static energy (dashed curve), for January, in kJ kg. A minimum occurs in the tropics, about 5 km above the surface. (solid black curve) and

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Refer to figure 3.5 in Randall's book to answer the following questions.

a) Approximately what altitude is the minimum in moist static energy?

b) Why is there a minimum in the moist static energy in the tropical mid-troposphere?

c) The level of free convection (LFC) and level of neutral buoyancy (LNB) are labelled in the figure.  How are these determined?

Height (km) 20 15 10 10 TURBULENCE AND CUMULUS CLOUDS - Level of neutral buoyancy Dry 5 static energy Saturation moist static energy Moist static Level of free energy convection 300 320 340 360 380 400 420 kJ/kg Figure 3.5. The observed vertical distribution of the moist static energy (dashed curve), for January, in kJ kg. A minimum occurs in the tropics, about 5 km above the surface. (solid black curve) and
Transcribed Image Text:Height (km) 20 15 10 10 TURBULENCE AND CUMULUS CLOUDS - Level of neutral buoyancy Dry 5 static energy Saturation moist static energy Moist static Level of free energy convection 300 320 340 360 380 400 420 kJ/kg Figure 3.5. The observed vertical distribution of the moist static energy (dashed curve), for January, in kJ kg. A minimum occurs in the tropics, about 5 km above the surface. (solid black curve) and
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