Intromission zone
From Glossary of Meteorology
intromission zone
The outside part of convective thermals that experience mixing with the ambient environment.
These thermals are somewhat cylindrically shaped in the convective boundary layer rather than bubble-shaped as was proposed by some classical theories. The inside of a thermal is called a protected core and is usually not contaminated with entrained environmental air.
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