Name:

convective_inhibition

Abbreviation:

ci

Unit:

J kg-1

Definition	Is 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.
Validity	instantaneous
Comment

GRIB 2	Discipline = 0     Parameter Category = 7     Parameter Number = 7     Type of first fixed surface = 1 Type of second fixed surface = 8 Scale factor of first fixed surface = All 1's Scale factor of second fixed surface = All 1's Scaled value of first fixed surface = All 1's Scaled value of second fixed surface = All 1's
	GRIB 2 and C-code for: Deterministic forecast, Perturbed forecast and Control forecast