Non-Adiabatic Warming and Cooling

Diabatic Warming and Cooling processes

We use the parcel method to assess stability because the results correlate nicely with the observed weather. However, because the parcel method relies solely upon adiabatic processes, it fails to account for many processes that impact stability. For example, if we look at a convective environment, we can find several processes that result in the transfer of heat and moisture between the rising updraft and the surrounding environment. These processes include the following:

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