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Air rising cools — the lapse rate

meteorology

A lifted air parcel expands and cools at g/cp ~ 9.75 C/km (sealed), making clouds and storms. The atmosphere is a Sun-driven heat engine.

source

Narrow Highway — meteorology

card id

card_meteorology_adiabatic

address

WIT.codex.FCT/air-rising-cools-the-lapse-rate/REF.WITNESSED@narrow-highway

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