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ATOC 4720: class 14

ATOC 4720: class 14. Saturated-adiabatic and pseudoadiabatic processes The saturated-adiabatic lapse rate & equivalent potential temperature The static stability. 1. Saturated-adiabatic & pseudoadiabatic processes. Saturated-adiabatic process Pseudoadiabatic process.

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ATOC 4720: class 14

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  1. ATOC 4720: class 14 • Saturated-adiabatic and pseudoadiabatic processes • The saturated-adiabatic lapse rate & equivalent potential temperature • The static stability

  2. 1. Saturated-adiabatic & pseudoadiabatic processes

  3. Saturated-adiabatic process Pseudoadiabatic process

  4. 2. The saturated-adiabatic lapse rate

  5. Equivalent potential temperature Is conserved for adiabatic dry air; Is conserved for both dry- and saturated-adiabatic processes

  6. 3. The static stability unstable Stable

  7. Inversions

  8. Inversion cloud 1

  9. Inversion cloud 2

  10. Saturated air stability Stable Neutral Unstable

  11. Conditional instability

  12. Convective instability

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