Temperature
•Lapse rate- decrease of temperature with height: G = - dT/dz
•Environmental lapse rate (G) order 6C/km in
free atmosphere
• Gd- dry
adiabatic lapse rate- rate at which an unsaturated
parcel cools when lifted= 9.8 C/km
• Gs- saturated adiabatic lapse rate- rate at which a saturated parcel cools when lifted= 4-9.8 C/km