Air Pollution Flashcards
1
Q
Lapse Rate
A
rate of atmosphere temperature, T, decrease with altitude
2
Q
Environmental lapse rate
A
Actual measured rate
3
Q
Dry Adiabatic lapse rate
A
rate at which a parcel of air with no liquid moisture cools as it rises. 9.8 deg C/ 1000m
4
Q
which type of atmospheric stability will
mean the worst case scenario for the dispersion of a gaseous emission in the event of a sudden
release?
A
strongly stable because the emitted gases will get trapped in
the strongly stable atmosphere as dispersion in stable and especially in strongly stable
atmospheres is very limited.
