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| Title: | Atmospheric Stability. |
| Caption: | This animation has three different stages. Stage 1 examines how the buoyancy force and gravitational force act on air parcels of different densities. Stage 2 examines dry adiabatic cooling and heating of an air parcel and allows manipulation of pressure and air-parcel temperature. Stage 3 examines the three types of atmospheric stability and also allows manipulation of pressure and air-parcel temperature. |
| Keywords: | atmosphere, moisture, water vapor, atmospheric stability, adiabatic temperature changes, dry adiabatic rates, wet adiabatic rates, absolute stability, absolute instability, conditional instability, environmental lapse rates |