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The atmospheric instability (or stability) implies the evolution tendency of the disturbance of the air parcel, which is originally under a sort of balance state.

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  1. College of Atmospheric Science, Nan**g University of Information Science and Technology, Nan**g, Jiangsu, China

    Shaowen Shou & Shenshen Li

  2. National Satellite Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration, Bei**g, China

    Yixuan Shou

  3. CMA Training Centre, China Meteorological Administration, Bei**g, China

    ** Yao

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Shou, S., Li, S., Shou, Y., Yao, X. (2023). Atmospheric Instabilities. In: An Introduction to Mesoscale Meteorology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8606-2_6

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