ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY
type: Concept
change note: 2013-10-11 17:10:52.0 [saritz] Updated definition. update Definition (The characteristic of a system if sufficiently small disturbances have only small effects, either decreasing in amplitude or oscillating periodically; it is asymptotically stable if the effect of small disturbances vanishes for long time periods.); update Definition (Glossary of Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, 2012.);
change note: 2013-10-11 17:09:19.0 [saritz] Updated definition. update Definition (Glossary of Weather and Climate, American Meteorological Society, 1996. ); update Definition (The property of the atmosphere, usually assumed in hydrostatic equilibrium with respect to vertical displacements of air parcels.);
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definition: The characteristic of a system if sufficiently small disturbances have only small effects, either decreasing in amplitude or oscillating periodically; it is asymptotically stable if the effect of small disturbances vanishes for long time periods.

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
type: Concept