CONVECTION INDICES DERIVED FROM COSMIC/FORMOSAT RADIO OCCULTATION SOUNDING DATA
The diagnostics of the deep convection for Saint-Petersburg is described with the aid of convection indexes calculated using the experimental data of COSMIC radio occul- tation sounding. To estimate the state of the atmosphere we used 4 indexes: LI (Lifted Index); К; Total totals; DCI (Deep Convective Index) and plotted vertical profiles of the atmosphere static stability G and Falkovich index χ. The experimental data of COSMIC experiment and method of obtaining the vertical profile of the temperature from vertical profile of the refraction index are described.