Table 2 Details of the dropsondes released on 15 June 2018.

From: Aircraft observations in a tropical supercluster over the equatorial Indian Ocean during MISO-BOB field campaign

Dropsonde

Time (UTC)

Location (lat,long)

LCL (m)

LFC (m)

Mixed layer height (m)

CIN (j/kg)

\(D_{rear}\)

09:39

− 4.0, 59.0

500

2805

515

− 90

\(D_{mid}\)

10:39

− 3.4, 64.0

310

1522

336

− 73

\(D_{frnt}\)

11:39

− 3.0, 69.0

338

897

188

− 25

  1. Mixed layer height is based on the virtual potential temperature (\(\theta _{v}\)) profile (Fig. 8d).
  2. LCL Lifting condensation level, LFC Level of free convection, CIN Convective inhibition.
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