temperature lapse

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• Lapse rate — The lapse rate is defined as the rate of decrease with height for an atmospheric variable. The variable involved is temperature unless specified otherwise.[1][2] The terminology arises from the word lapse in the sense of a decrease or decline;… …   Wikipedia

• lapse rate — lapse′ rate n. mer the rate of decrease of atmospheric temperature with increase of elevation vertically above a given location • Etymology: 1915–20 …   From formal English to slang

• lapse rate — Meteorol. the rate of decrease of atmospheric temperature with increase of elevation vertically above a given location. [1915 20] * * * ▪ meteorology       rate of change in temperature observed while moving upward through the Earth s atmosphere …   Universalium

• lapse rate — noun : the rate of change of any meteorological element with increase of height; specifically : the rate of decrease of temperature with increase of height called also vertical gradient * * * Meteorol. the rate of decrease of atmospheric… …   Useful english dictionary

• lapse rate — The rate of decrease of an atmospheric variable with height. However, the term normally refers to the fall of temperature with height. The three types of lapse rates referred to in meteorology are dry adiabatic lapse rate, saturated adiabatic… …   Aviation dictionary

• Temperature — This article is about the thermodynamic property. For other uses, see Temperature (disambiguation). A map of global long term monthly average surface air temperatures i …   Wikipedia

• Temperature gradient — In atmospheric sciences (meteorology, climatology and related fields), the temperature gradient (typically of air, more generally of any fluid) is a physical quantity that describes in which direction and at what rate the temperature changes the… …   Wikipedia

• lapse rates —   the rates at which air temperature decreases with altitude. Three types:   environmental lapse rate (ELR)   Dry adiabatic lapse rate (DALR) Saturated adiabatic lapse rate (SALR) …   Geography glossary

• temperature inversion — Meteorol. inversion (def. 12). [1940 45] * * * In meteorology, an increase of air temperature with altitude. Such an increase is a reversal of the normal temperature condition of the troposphere, where temperature usually decreases with altitude …   Universalium

• lapse temperature gradient — labilusis temperatūros gradientas statusas T sritis apsauga nuo naikinimo priemonių apibrėžtis Nepastovi atmosferos žemutinių sluoksnių būsena, kai jie yra šiltesni už viršutinius; oro vertikaliojo stabilumo laipsnis. Labilusis temperatūros… …   Apsaugos nuo naikinimo priemonių enciklopedinis žodynas

• temperature gradient — noun change in temperature as a function of distance (especially altitude) (Freq. 3) • Hypernyms: ↑gradient * * * noun : the rate of change of temperature with displacement in a given direction (as with increase of height) compare lapse rate * *… …   Useful english dictionary