Adiabatic Processes

Atmospheric Science · Part 2

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Table of Contents

  1. 1.Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
  2. 2.Moist Adiabatic Lapse Rate
  3. 3.Potential Temperature
  4. 4.Thermodynamic Diagrams
  5. 5.Derivation
  6. 6.Pseudoadiabatic Energy Balance
  7. 7.Skew-T Log-P Coordinates
  8. 8.Tephigram Coordinates
  9. 9.Normand's Rule

Key Equations

$$\Gamma_d = -\frac{dT}{dz} = \frac{g}{c_p} = 9.8 \text{ K/km}$$
$$c_p\,dT = -g\,dz \quad\Longrightarrow\quad \Gamma_d = -\frac{dT}{dz} = \frac{g}{c_p} = \frac{9.81}{1005} \approx 9.8 \text{ K/km}$$
$$c_p\,dT + g\,dz + L_v\,dw_s = 0$$
$$x = T - T_0 + k \ln\!\left(\frac{p_0}{p}\right), \qquad y = -\ln\!\left(\frac{p}{p_0}\right)$$

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