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Séance de cours

Théorie du réveil et de l'instabilité de Kelvin

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Signal velocity

The signal velocity is the speed at which a wave carries information. It describes how quickly a message can be communicated (using any particular method) between two separated parties. No signal velocity can exceed the speed of a light pulse in a vacuum (by Special Relativity). Signal velocity is usually equal to group velocity (the speed of a short "pulse" or of a wave-packet's middle or "envelope"). However, in a few special cases (e.g.

Convective instability

In meteorology, convective instability or stability of an air mass refers to its ability to resist vertical motion. A stable atmosphere makes vertical movement difficult, and small vertical disturbances dampen out and disappear. In an unstable atmosphere, vertical air movements (such as in orographic lifting, where an air mass is displaced upwards as it is blown by wind up the rising slope of a mountain range) tend to become larger, resulting in turbulent airflow and convective activity.

Énergie potentielle de convection disponible

L'énergie potentielle de convection disponible (EPCD), en anglais convective available potential energy (CAPE), est l'énergie potentielle par unité de masse qu'a une parcelle d'air plus chaude que son environnement, ce qui se traduit par une poussée d'Archimède ascensionnelle. Cela se produit dès qu'on dépasse le niveau de convection libre de la masse d'air. L'EPCD se mesure en joules par kilogramme (J/kg) ou, ce qui est équivalent mais moins couramment utilisé, en mètres carrés par seconde carrée (m/s).