Dictionary definition: absolute instability

Dictionary definition: superadiabatic lapse rate
A Dictionary of Weather;      272 words ... ... that exceeds the dry adiabatic lapse rate ( c. 10° C per 1000 m). Such a lapse rate may occur immediately above a ... air parcel with a superadiabatic lapse rate has absolute instability .

Article: Moist absolute instability: The sixth static ...
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... existence of a saturated lapse rate that is unstable ... claim that moist absolute instability can be created and ... saturation (if the lapse rate is steeper than moist ... note here that moist absolute instability is not equivalent ...

Article: Atmospheric Lapse Rate
World of Earth Science;      562 words ...Atmospheric lapse rate The atmospheric lapse rate describes the reduction, or lapse of air temperature that ... from the conductive source. Although the actual atmospheric lapse rate varies, under normal atmospheric conditions the average ...

Article: An empirical study on the lapse rate: the ...
Journal of Risk and Insurance;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... technique to reexamine the contending lapse rate hypotheses: the emergency fund hypothesis ... that the unemployment rate affects the lapse rate in both the long and short run, whereas ... interest rate causes variations in the lapse rate mainly in the long run. This evidence ...

Article: Lapse rate trends and climate variability
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  September 1, 2002 ;     606 words ... ... a result, the surface to lower tropospheric lapse rate has increased 0.12 K decade-1 from 1979 to ... warmed faster than the surface-a decrease in the lapse rate. Although both lapse rate trends are subtle, they raise questions about ...

Dictionary definition: saturated adiabatic lapse rate
A Dictionary of Weather;      366 words ...saturated adiabatic lapse rate (SLR) The lapse rate that prevails when a parcel of air reaches saturation . Also known as saturation adiabatic lapse rate or moist adiabatic lapse rate . For a rising air parcel ...

Article: Determinants of the lapse rate in life insurance ...
Review of Business;  September 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... components of term and whole life. The lapse rate is a key operating parameter that ... life policies. Projections of the lapse rate are also critical in structuring ... securitization arrangements. Interest in lapse rate determinants has become more prominent ...