baroclinic instability

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baroclinic instability [¦bar·ə¦klin·ik in·stə′bil·əd·ē]

(meteorology)

A hydrodynamic instability arising from the existence of a meridional temperature gradient (and hence of a thermal wind) in an atmosphere in quasi-geostrophic equilibrium and possessing static stability.

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