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Adiabatic lapse rate

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Adiabatic Lapse Rate

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Adiabatic Lapse Rate Problem

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What does adiabatic lapse rate mean?

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Lapse rate | Explained !

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Environmental lapse rate | Adiabatic lapse rate | Environmental engineering | Air pollution

The lapse rate is the rate at which temperature in Earth's atmosphere decreases with an increase in altitude, or increases with the decrease in altitude. Lapse rate arises from the word lapse, in the sense of a gradual change.
  • Convection and adiabatic expansion 

  • Mathematics of the adiabatic lapse rate 

  • Environmental lapse rate 

  • Effect on weather