aos 122: environmental lapse rate v. dry adiabatic lape rate
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Ryan WalkerAOS 122
W15Samson
2/27/2015
rate at which atmospheric temperature decreases with the increase in altitude
lapse rate in the stationary atmosphere given a time and place
lapse rate for a parcel of dry or unsaturated air rising under adiabatic conditions
Sources:• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapse_rate#Environ
mental_lapse_rate
Photos:• http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/
Atmospheric_lapse_rate• http://www.shsu.edu/~dl_www/bkonline/
131online/f10cloudprecip/10index.htm• http://www.colorado.edu/geolsci/Resources/
WUSTectonics/CzPaleobotany/methods.html• http://facweb.bhc.edu/academics/science/
harwoodr/GEOG106/study/Moisture.htm