Adiabatic (dQ=0) displacement of an unsaturated air parcel through a hydrostatic atmosphere conserves specific entropy; rewriting the first law c_p·dT = (m/ρ)·dp and using dp/dz = −ρg gives dT/dz = −g/c_p ≡ −Γ_d, independent of the…
Adiabatic (dQ=0) displacement of an unsaturated air parcel through a hydrostatic atmosphere conserves specific entropy; rewriting the first law c_p·dT = (m/ρ)·dp and using dp/dz = −ρg gives dT/dz = −g/c_p ≡ −Γ_d, independent of the…