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doi:10.1351/goldbook.

A00144

adiabatic lapse rate


in atmospheric chemistry
The rate of decrease in temperature with increase in altitude of an air parcel which
is expanding slowly to a lower atmospheric pressure without exchange of heat; for a
descending parcel it is the rate of increase in temperature with decrease in altitude.
Theory predicts that for dry air it is equal to the acceleration of gravity divided by the
specific heat of dry air at constant pressure (approximately ). The moist
adiabatic lapse rate is less than the dry adiabatic lapse rate and depends on the moisture
content of the air mass.

Source:
PAC, 1990, 62, 2167 (Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations
1990)) on page 2171

IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology Copyright © 2014 IUPAC

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