A Theory for Nonprecipitating Moist Convection between Two Parallel Plates. Part I: Thermodynamics and “Linear” Solutions

Abstract

... all growing circulations of infinitesimal amplitude are stationary-—no “linear” wave -CISK is ... initial conditions but clustered around that which minimized the total gravitational potential energy ... cloud on its environment, can be physically un- derstood using gravity wave theory and ...