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  • Process in which an air parcel cools or warms without heat energy being lost (subtracted) or gained (added) in the process of expansion or compression

    Adiabatic Process
  • In adiabatic process a rising air parcel expands because atmospheric pressure _____ with height

    Decreases
  • In adiabatic process a descending air parcel compresses because atmostpheric pressure ____ with descent

    Icreases
  • Adiabatic process takes place in our environment in order for ____ to occur

    Cloud development
  • Rate of adiabatic cooling and warming of UNSATURATED air

    Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
  • Rising, unsaturated air cools at a constant rate of ___ this rate is a ___ adiabatic rate

    5.5*F/1,000ft., Dry Adiabatic Rate
  • Rate of cool, rising saturated air ___ and is dependent upon ___. However, it is always less than ___

    VARIES, temperature released, 5.5*F/1,000ft.
  • Rate of vertical temperature decrease in the air column, constant rate of ___

    Environmental Lapse Rate, 3.5*F,1,000ft.
  • Rate of change of dew point temperature with altitude, constant rate of ___

    1*F/1,000ft.
  • Stability of the atmosphere is determined by measuring ____ compared to that of ____ at various heights

    temperature of a rising air parcel, environmental air
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