Adiabatic Lapse Rates – Part 2

Constructing the adiabatic graphs in Exercise 6 seems to be the hardest part of the lab for most students. Take a few minutes to look over what you are expected to do. You will first plot the environmental lapse rate data on the [...]

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Adiabatic Lapse Rates – Part 1

Lab manual exercise 6 explored the impact of adiabatic temperature change on the stability of the air. As a refresher, here is the explanation for finding the condensation level and drawing an adiabatic graph. Realize that in this exercise the effect of the dew point lapse rate is not taken into account and thus is [...]

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Using the saturation curve

The saturation curve is used to help answer several questions in labs 5 and 6. As a reminder:

Determining the saturation point for a given air temperature:

If you know the temperature of the air, find its value on [...]

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