ATM OCN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Adia, Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea And Vomiting, Thunderstorm
30 Oct 2014
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Review: turn in hw #6, give back climate assignment i hope the climate part of discussion was stimulating and informative, weather discussions. Last week: simple thermodyamic chart (temp vs. T of parcel > t of environment the parcel is positively buoyant (unstable) (or less stable) T of parcel < t of environment the parcel is negatively buoyant (stable) T of parcel = t of environment the parcel is neutrally buoyant (neutral) Instead of height as y-axis a log scale of pressure (mb) is used due to the exponential decrease of pressure observed with height in the atmosphere. Different from stuve because temp. is skewed up and to the right. Allows for proportionality of area under the curve and work. Remember first law of thermo. and adiabatic definition. Thus the area under the curve is proportional to energy. Skew-t log-p diagrams: used to plot information gained about the atmosphere by radiosondes. Allow us to id stability of a layer.
