Mar 26, 2015
Lapse Rate is the temperature drop per kilometer height increase
Typically about 6 °C/km = 6 °C/1000m
Or
About 3 °F/1000 ft
• Question:
• Assume that the surface temperature is 30 C and that the lapse rate near the surface for this particular location and time is 8 oC/km.
• What is the temperature at a height of 1 km?• What is the temperature at a height of 2 km
• Question:
• Assume that the surface temperature is 30 C and that the lapse rate near the surface for this particular location and time is 8 oC/km.
• What is the temperature at a height of 1 km?• What is the temperature at a height of 2 km?
• Answer Temperature=30-8=22 at 1km• Temperature=22-8=14 at 2km