MOIST ADIABATIC LAPSE RATE


Meaning of MOIST ADIABATIC LAPSE RATE in English

The rate of decrease of temperature with height of a parcel undergoing ascent during a moist process. As a parcel is lifted, saturation occurs and latent heat is released. The increase in the moist adiabatic lapse rate over the adiabatic lapse rate is due to the latent heating.

Weather and meteorology English vocabulary.      Английский словарь погоды и метеорологии .