EUMeTrain: VERTICAL CROSS SECTIONS

ISENTROPIC ANALYSIS - EXERCISE

In the previous chapter you have learned what the configuration of the isentropes looks like in stable and unstable as well as in neutral stratification. Here you can test your knowlegde and understanding:

In the following image, showing a cross-section of the isentropes, answer which of the regions marked by numbers is stable, very stable, unstable or neutral.

 

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Very stable
Stable
Unstable
Neutral