slice method

A method of evaluating the static stability over a limited area at any reference level in the atmosphere; unlike the parcel method, the slice method takes into account continuity of mass by considering both upward and downward motion.

Related terms:

• parcel method
• corona method
• hyperbolic distribution method
• three-point method
• porphyroclast aspect ratio method
• protactinium-ionium age method
• Thiessen polygon method
• slice
• overthrust slice
• thrust slice