Reading:
A&B: Ch5,6
Lab 8
Lecture Notes:
Atmospheric Stability
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I. Lapse Rates
1. Environmental Lapse Rate
2. Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
3. Saturate (Wet) Adiabatic Lapse Rate
4. Lifting condensation Level
II. Conditions
1. Inversion
2. Lapse Condition
III. Stability
1. Air parcel movement
2. Adiabatic process
3. Determining using lapse rates
a. Stable
b. Untable
c. Neutral
IV. Factors which modify atmospheric stability
ASSORTED RESOURCES
- Atmospheric stability
- Smoke stacks stability and air pollution
- Upper air soundings: Explanation and current data