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