In meteorology, convective instability or stability of an air mass refers to its ability to resist vertical motion. A stable atmosphere makes vertical...
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the convective condensation level (CCL) where heating from below causes spontaneous buoyant lifting to the point of condensation when the convective temperature...
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symmetric or convective symmetric instability; barotropic instability; Helmholtz or shearing instability; rotational instability Hydrostatic instability or static...
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are two primary forms of atmospheric instability. Under convective instability, thermal mixing through convection in the form of rising warm air leads...
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prisms or spirals. The convective Bénard cells are not unique and will usually appear only in the surface tension driven convection. In general the solutions...
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Atmospheric convection is the result of a parcel-environment instability (temperature difference layer) in the atmosphere.[jargon] Different lapse rates...
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(absolute instability). In the spatial approach, simulations mimic a lab experiment with natural inlet and outlet conditions (convective instability). The...
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List of cloud types (section WMO and informal terms related to free-convective cloud types and storms)
physical forms. These are, in approximate ascending order of instability or convective activity: stratiform sheets; cirriform wisps and patches; stratocumuliform...
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Conditional symmetric instability, or CSI, is a form of convective instability in a fluid subject to temperature differences in a uniform rotation frame...
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Hydrodynamic stability (redirect from Hydrodynamic instability)
dispersed in a binary liquid mixtures, is able to drive a convective hydrodynamic instability even though the system is initially in a condition of stable...
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the region as a result of favorable precipitable water values, convective instability, and low-level winds. This induced high rainfall totals across northwestern...
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Thunderstorm (redirect from Convective storms)
polar lows, and mesoscale convective complexes (MCCs), and they generally form near weather fronts. Most mesoscale convective systems develop overnight...
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Cumulonimbus cloud (category Severe weather and convection)
portal Atmospheric convection Atmospheric thermodynamics Convective instability Hot tower Lifted condensation level (LCL), convective condensation level...
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related to Cumulus congestus clouds. Atmospheric thermodynamics Convective instability Cumulus castellanus cloud Pileus American Meteorological Society...
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chemical compound Stability constants of complexes, in solution Convective instability, a fluid dynamics condition Ecological stability, measure of the...
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this article) from convective heat transfer. Some phenomena which result in an effect superficially similar to that of a convective cell may also be (inaccurately)...
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Glossary of tornado terms (category Severe weather and convection)
CINh) Convective instability Convective outlook Convective storm Convective storm detection Convective storm prediction Convective temperature (CT or...
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code base frequently CodeIgniter, a PHP framework Cirrus cloud Convective instability Conditional independence, a type of relation of random variables...
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Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. Mackie, Calvin (June 29, 1999). "Convective Stability of a Particle-laden Fluid System in the Presence of Solidification"...
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thermodynamics Convective instability Equilibrium level Thermodynamic diagrams Colby, Frank P. Jr. (1984). "Convective Inhibition as a Predictor of Convection during...
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with abundant moisture and convective instability, along with a strong low-level convergence zone, sustaining the convection, causing heavy rainfall across...
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Bowl years in the U.S. Following the passage of a dry cold front, convective instability resulting from cooler air riding over heated ground can maintain...
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the winter. convection See atmospheric convection. convective available potential energy (CAPE) convective condensation level convective inhibition (CIN)...
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Lifted index (category Severe weather and convection)
integration from one level to another. Atmospheric convection Atmospheric thermodynamics Convective instability Lapse rate Blanchard, David O. (1998-09-01)....
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subgiants because they are fully convective. Stars with masses between about 0.4 M☉ and 1 M☉ have small non-convective cores on the main sequence and develop...
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used in solar cell technology Conditional symmetric instability, a form of convective instability in a fluid California Solar Initiative, a renewable...
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Equilibrium level (redirect from Limit of convection)
LNB from land to sea). Atmospheric thermodynamics Convective instability Level of free convection Lifted condensation level Takahashi, Hanii; Z. Luo...
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temperature decreases with height, leading to energy dissipation through convective instability; likewise, Rossby waves are said to break when the potential vorticity...
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In fluid dynamics, a convection cell is the phenomenon that occurs when density differences exist within a body of liquid or gas. These density differences...
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With its warm and humid characteristics, this air is susceptive to convective instability and can sustain thunderstorms, especially if lifted by the advancing...
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