Atmospheric instability as a loss of a metastable equilibrium
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
2012-04-06 v2 Chemical Physics
Abstract
General thermodynamic theory of metastable states is used in this short note to try to understand better atmospheric instabilities. It is shown that not only cooling of a cloud can lead to rain, but heating also, especially when there are charged water drops in a cloud (in this case we have rain with lightning). The influence of the global warming on weather is discussed.
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@article{arxiv.0708.3136,
title = {Atmospheric instability as a loss of a metastable equilibrium},
author = {Yuri Kornyushin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.3136},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
The aim of this short note is to take a different look on atmospheric instabilities