Meaning Absolute instability
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Absolute instability


A state of a layer within the atmosphere in which the vertical distribution of temperature is such that an air parcel, if given an upward or downward push, will move away from its initial level withou [..]
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Absolute instability


A condition that exists where the environmental lapse rate exceeds the dry adiabatic lapse rate
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Absolute instability


Property of an ambient air layer that is unstable for both saturated (cloudy) and unsaturated (clear) air parcels.
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Absolute instability


When the lapse rate of a column of air is greater than the dry adiabatic lapse rate. The term absolute is used because this applies whether or not the air is dry or saturated.
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Absolute instability


When the lapse rate of a column of air is greater than the dry adiatabtic lapse rate. The term absolute is used because this applies whether or not the air is dry or saturated. See instability.
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Absolute instability


When the lapse rate
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Absolute instability


When the lapse rate of a column of air is greater than the dry adiabatic lapse rate. The term absolute is used because this applies whether or not the air is dry or saturated.
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Absolute instability


The state of a column of air in the atmosphere when it has a superadiabatic lapse rate of temperature (i.e., greater than the dry-adiabatic lapse rate). An air parcel displaced vertically would be acc [..]
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