Discussion
Which energy reservoir does baroclinic instability draw upon?
Answer: A
A horizontal temperature gradient means that the mass of the atmosphere could be rearranged to lower its centre of gravity, and the energy released by that rearrangement is the available potential energy. Baroclinic instability is the process that taps it. Barotropic instability draws on the horizontal shear instead, latent heat is a separate source that amplifies the process, and the total internal energy is enormous but almost entirely unavailable because the atmosphere is already close to its lowest attainable arrangement.
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