Conditional Instability

Conditional Instability is a thermodynamic state of the atmosphere in which an air parcel becomes buoyantly unstable and capable of sustained convection only if initially lifted to a level where condensation occurs and latent heat release provides sufficient warming to overcome the stable stratification of the environment.

143

Publications

12.4K

Citations

272

Authors

115

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

12

Variants

Conditional Atmospheric Instability

Authors

272

  1. SL
    Suzanne L. Gray

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 312 citations

    6

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  2. DA
    D. A. Bennetts

    Met Office, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 483 citations

    4

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  3. PC
    Peter Clark

    Met Office, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 146 citations

    4

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  4. JD
    J. David Neelin

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    4 publications · 353 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. TT
    Thomas T. Warner

    University College London, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 188 citations

    4

    h-index

1–5 of 272

Venues

  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    37 publications · 5.6K citations

    25

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  2. Monthly Weather Review

    33 publications · 2.6K citations

    22

    h-index

  3. 16

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  4. Weather and Forecasting

    13 publications · 662 citations

    12

    h-index

  5. Journal of Climate

    4 publications · 428 citations

    4

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