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lapse rate
- Sinônimos
- gradient
- Definição1
- The rate of change of any meteorological element with height.
- Fonte1
- WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION. International Meteorological vocabulary. 2nd ed. Geneva, 1992. (WMO, n.182). Disponível em: < https://library.wmo.int/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=220#.XeauGOhKiUk >. Acesso em: 19 out. 2021.
- Definição2
- The decrease of an atmospheric variable with height, the variable being temperature, unless otherwise specified.
- Fonte2
- AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Glossary of meteorology. [S.l., última modificação 05 oct. 2015]. Disponível em: < http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page >. Acesso em: 19 out. 2021.
- Fonte3
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Pilot’s handbook of aeronautical knowledge. [s.l.], 2016. Disponível em: < https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/phak/media/pilot_handbook.pdf>. Acesso em: 19 out. 2021.
- Nota adicional1
- The term applies ambiguously to the environmental lapse rate and the process lapse rate, and the meaning must often by ascertained from the context.
- Contexto
- For a thunderstorm to form, the air must have sufficient water vapor, an unstable lapse rate, and an initial lifting action to start the storm process.
- Subárea1
- Meteorology
- Related Term
- adiabatic lapse rate
- Português
- gradiente