What is Adiabatic Gradient?

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1 °C per 100 m. For moist air, this value can drop to 0.4 °C.

Glossary

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A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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