leighpatrick71
9th May 2012, 13:59
I have been pondering on some information about saturated adiabatic lapse rates.
As I understand it the SALR changes with height. The average value used = 1.8 degrees per 1000ft or 0.6 degrees per 100 metres (if youre French)
The SALR= 2.2 degrees per 1000ft higher up in the troposphere and 1.2 degrees per 1000ft lower down.
So the temperature of a saturated parcel cools down at a greater rate the higher up it goes. The higher you go the closer the SALR is to the DALR.
In my Oxford cd they state that the SALR decreases with increased altitude! How can this be? I am confused, can anyone shed some light on this please.
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As I understand it the SALR changes with height. The average value used = 1.8 degrees per 1000ft or 0.6 degrees per 100 metres (if youre French)
The SALR= 2.2 degrees per 1000ft higher up in the troposphere and 1.2 degrees per 1000ft lower down.
So the temperature of a saturated parcel cools down at a greater rate the higher up it goes. The higher you go the closer the SALR is to the DALR.
In my Oxford cd they state that the SALR decreases with increased altitude! How can this be? I am confused, can anyone shed some light on this please.
:ugh:
