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IN NATURE of October 28, p. 286, Lt.-Col. Gold refers to the theory of the late Dr. Margules, that storms would arise if two masses of air of different temperatures were in juxtaposition. The situation would be unstable, and in passing from this unstable situation to a stable one the potential energy would be reduced, part of it being converted into the kinetic energy of the ensuing “storm.” The theory takes it for granted that the warm air rises and the cold air descends.
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DEELEY, R. The Energy of Cyclones. Nature 106, 345 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106345b0
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