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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(<br/>''Also called'' thick&ndash;thin chart.) A [[thickness chart]] of an [[atmospheric  layer]] bounded by two selected [[isentropic]] surfaces (surfaces of constant [[potential temperature]]).</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The [[thickness]] of such a layer is directly proportional to the [[static instability]] of that layer;  hence, these charts have been called instability charts. <br/>''Compare'' [[isentropic weight chart]]; <br/>''see'' [[isentropic  chart]].</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' thick&ndash;thin chart.) A [[thickness chart]] of an [[atmospheric layer|atmospheric  layer]] bounded by two selected [[isentropic]] surfaces (surfaces of constant [[potential temperature]]).</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The [[thickness]] of such a layer is directly proportional to the [[static instability]] of that layer;  hence, these charts have been called instability charts. <br/>''Compare'' [[isentropic weight chart]]; <br/>''see'' [[isentropic chart|isentropic  chart]].</div><br/> </div>
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isentropic thickness chart

(Also called thick–thin chart.) A thickness chart of an atmospheric layer bounded by two selected isentropic surfaces (surfaces of constant potential temperature).

The thickness of such a layer is directly proportional to the static instability of that layer; hence, these charts have been called instability charts.
Compare isentropic weight chart;
see isentropic chart.


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