050.03 Processes of Weather Formation Flashcards
1
Q
Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
A
Temperature change inside rising unsaturated air parcel.
1 K / 100 m or 3 K / 1000 ft
2
Q
Saturated Adiabatic Lapse Rate
A
Temperature change inside rising saturated air parcel.
0.6 K / 100 m or 1.8 K / 1000 ft
3
Q
What factor changes the value of the Saturated Adiabatic Lapse Rate?
A
Temperature.
At high temperatures, much latent heat is released and cooling with altitude is only small.
At low temperatures, the SALR is roughly the same as the DALR.
