Dictionary definition: saturated adiabatic lapse rate

Dictionary definition: dry adiabatic lapse rate
A Dictionary of Weather;      265 words ...dry adiabatic lapse rate The rate of change of temperature with altitude of a dry (unsaturated) air ... numerically equal to 9.767 °C km −1 . See LAPSE RATE ; PSEUDO-ADIABATIC LAPSE RATE ; SATURATED ADIABATIC LAPSE RATE .

Dictionary definition: moist adiabatic lapse rate
A Dictionary of Weather;      231 words ...moist adiabatic lapse rate See SATURATED ADIABATIC LAPSE RATE .

Dictionary definition: super-adiabatic lapse rate
A Dictionary of Ecology;      252 words ...super-adiabatic lapse rate A fall of temperature with increasing altitude which is greater than the usual dry adiabatic lapse rate ; it occurs in conditions of intense heating over land or sea.

Dictionary definition: pseudo-adiabatic lapse rate
A Dictionary of Weather;      267 words ...pseudo-adiabatic lapse rate The lapse rate of a saturated air parcel from which some condensation products are removed as precipitation . The air parcel will cool at a slightly greater rate than the saturated adiabatic lapse rate . Also known as the pseudo-saturated ...

Dictionary definition: adiabatic lapse rate
A Dictionary of Weather;      250 words ...adiabatic lapse rate The theoretical lapse rate for a parcel of air that moves vertically under adiabatic conditions, i.e. that does not gain or lose heat to its surroundings. See LAPSE RATE .

Article: Adiabatic lapse rates in tornadic environments
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  July 1, 2003 ;     654 words ... ... increased recent attention to adiabatic lapse rates in tornadic environments ... gravity waves, it appears that adiabatic lapse rates may uniquely favor rapid ... unlikely to reach the surface as the lapse rate departs from adiabatic, in large ...

Dictionary definition: lapse rate
A Dictionary of Weather;      322 words ... ... most important theoretical lapse rates are the dry adiabatic lapse rate and the saturated adiabatic lapse rate (which apply to dry and saturated air parcels ... environmental lapse rate . See also ADIABATIC ; PSEUDO-ADIABATIC LAPSE RATE .