The moist adiabatic rate is different from the dry adiabatic rate because:
A) latent heat is released inside a parcel of rising saturated air.
B) a parcel of saturated air weighs less than a parcel of unsaturated air.
C) saturated air is always unstable.
D) an unstable air parcel expands more rapidly.
E) unsaturated air is always stable.
A
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