(z)-(z)gCAPE:Energy Potential AvailableConvective

Moist convection alters the environment in two different ways: Deep convection associated with strong updrafts and precipitation acts to warm and dry the environment (precipitation removes water vapor from the atmosphere) Shallow convection produces no net warming or drying because water vapor is not removed from the atmosphere but is important for the radiative budget. 3 Convective parameterization A technique used in numerical modelling to predict the collective effects of convective clouds that may exist within a single grid element as a function of larger-scale processes and conditions. Implicit parameterization: represents the effects of subgrid scale processes on the grid variables. A convection scheme: predicts convective precipitation changes vertical stability generates and redistributes heat removes and redistributes moisture makes clouds 4 d