NATS 101

Lecture 12
Vertical Stability
Tennis Basics
Air Molecules Act Similarly
Rising Air Cools-Sinking Air Warms
Adiabatic Cooling-Warming
Rising, Saturated Air Cools Less
Moist Flow over a Mountain
Brain Burners
Concept of Stability
ArchimedesŐ Principle
Absolutely Stable: Top Rock
Absolutely Unstable: Middle Rock
Conditionally Unstable: Lower Rock
Environmental Lapse Rate (ELR)
Summary: Key Concepts I
Summary: Key Concepts II
Assignment for Next Lecture