SoundingsandtheSkew-T.pptVIP

Soundings and the Skew-T Outline A brief review of static stability The skew-T / log-P Inversions Mixed Layers Air masses, briefly Adiabatic Process Moist Adiabatic Process Static Stability The Skew-t… isotherms and adiabats are at right angles to one another,isotherms slope upward to the right, adiabats upward to the left Hey, what are Pseudoadiabats? Adiabatic / Pseudoadiabatic Process 2 common inversions Subsidence Inversions typically form in regions of large scale sinking motion (under the subtropical highs, under the left entrance / right exit region of jets) or on the periphe