Meanings
nounsubcloud (plural subclouds)
plural subclouds
- climatologyAn atmospheric object smaller than a cloud
CQE theories that diagnose ITCZ location based on the subcloud moist static energy maximum are shown to have large biases; accounting for convective entrainment of dry air by using a lower-tropospheric mean moist static energy provides a more correct diagnosis of ITCZ location.
2016, Ravi Shekhar, William R. Boos, “Improving Energy-Based Estimates of Monsoon Location in the Presence of Proximal Deserts”, in arXiv
adjectivesubcloud (comparative more subcloud, superlative most subcloud)
comparative more subcloud · superlative most subcloud
- climatologyThe region (or layer) below the base of a cloud.
Origin
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