Condensation: Requirements for Cloud Formation
Formation of Clouds vs. Fogs
Adiabatic Expansion/Compression and Air Parcel Motion
Rising Air Parcels and Lifting Condensation Level (LCL)
States of Equilibrium
Lapse Rate
Dry and Moist Adiabatic Processes and Lapse Rates
Atmospheric Stability
Absolute vs. Conditional (In)stability
Temperature Inversions
Physical Lifting Mechanisms for Cloud Formation
Parcel Buoyancy and Cloud Formation by Convection
Atmospheric Stability vs. Cloud Shape
Practical Examples of Buoyant Air Parcels in Stable Atmospheres and the Destabilization of Atmospheres by Ground Heating