AOS 122: Environmental Lapse Rate v. Dry Adiabatic Lape Rate

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