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Conditionally unstable air

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-000550

An atmospheric condition that exists when the environmental lapse rate is less than the dry adiabatic lapse rate but greater than the moist adiabatic lapse rate.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-000550
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
ReferencesNWS Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-000550",
  "term": "Conditionally unstable air",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "term_source": "Conditionally Unstable Air",
  "definition": "An atmospheric condition that exists when the environmental lapse rate is less than the dry adiabatic lapse rate but greater than the moist adiabatic lapse rate.",
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/conditionally-unstable-air/"
}

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