ecCodes definition

Name:Convective inhibitionAbbreviation:cinUnit:J kg-1paramId:228001

TIGGE details

DefinitionIs the amount of work to be done on an air parcel to overcome the negatively buoyant region between the lifting condensation level and the level of free convection.
Validityinstantaneous
Comment

WMO GRIB2 definition

Parameter
Discipline0Meteorological products
Parameter Category7Thermodynamic stability indices
Parameter Number7Convective inhibition
Level
Type of first fixed surface1Ground or water surface
Scale factor of first fixed surfaceall bits to 1Missing
Scaled value of first fixed surfaceall bits to 1Missing
Type of second fixed surface8Nominal top of the atmosphere
Scale factor of second fixed surfaceall bits to 1Missing
Scaled value of second fixed surfaceall bits to 1Missing