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lifting condensation level

(Abbreviated LCL;
also called isentropic condensation level.) The level at which a parcel of moist air lifted dry-adiabatically would become saturated.

On a thermodynamic diagram it is located at the point of intersection of the dry adiabat through the point representing the parcel's original pressure and temperature with the saturation mixing ratio line having the same value of the mixing ratio as the parcel. The pressure and temperature at the lifting condensation level are usually called the condensation pressure and condensation temperature, respectively, and the corresponding point on a thermodynamic diagram is called either the characteristic point, adiabatic saturation point, or adiabatic condensation point.
See convective condensation level, conditional instability, saturation level.

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-<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Abbreviated LCL; <br/>''also called'' isentropic condensation level.) The level  at which a [[parcel]] of [[moist air]] lifted [[dry-adiabatically]] would become saturated.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">On a [[thermodynamic diagram]] it is located at the point of intersection of the [[dry adiabat]]  through the point representing the parcel's original [[pressure]] and [[temperature]] with the [[saturation  mixing ratio]] line having the same value of the [[mixing ratio]] as the parcel. The pressure and  temperature at the lifting condensation level are usually called the [[condensation pressure]] and  [[condensation temperature]], respectively, and the corresponding point on a [[thermodynamic diagram]]  is called either the [[characteristic point]], [[adiabatic saturation point]], or [[adiabatic condensation  point]]. <br/>''See'' [[convective condensation level]], [[conditional instability]], [[saturation level]].</div><br/> </div>
+<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Abbreviated LCL; <br/>''also called'' isentropic condensation level.) The level  at which a [[parcel]] of [[moist air]] lifted [[dry-adiabatic process|dry-adiabatically]] would become saturated.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">On a [[thermodynamic diagram]] it is located at the point of intersection of the [[dry adiabat]]  through the point representing the parcel's original [[pressure]] and [[temperature]] with the [[saturation mixing ratio|saturation  mixing ratio]] line having the same value of the [[mixing ratio]] as the parcel. The pressure and  temperature at the lifting condensation level are usually called the [[condensation pressure]] and  [[condensation temperature]], respectively, and the corresponding point on a [[thermodynamic diagram]]  is called either the [[characteristic point]], [[adiabatic saturation point]], or [[adiabatic condensation point|adiabatic condensation  point]]. <br/>''See'' [[convective condensation level]], [[conditional instability]], [[saturation level]].</div><br/> </div>
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