Compare and contrast the normal lapse rate, environmental lapse rate, the dry adiabatic lapse rate, and the moist adiabatic lapse rate
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The normal lapse rate is the average decrease in temperature with increasing altitude, a value of 6.4 C°/1000 m (3.5 F°/1000 ft). However, the actual rate can vary greatly in space and time. The environmental lapse rate (ELR) is the actual lapse rate at a particular place at a particular time. The rate at which dry (i.e. not saturated) air cools by expansion as it rises, an average value of 10 C°/1000 m (5.5 F°/1000 ft). The moist adiabatic rate, the rate at which a saturated air parcel cools as it rises, has an average value of 6 C°/1000 m (3.3 F°/1000 ft). These adiabatic rates also apply to the warming of descending air.
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