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{{Image|Lapse rates.png|right|292px|Diagram of the various lapse rates defining the change of atmospheric temperature with altitude.}}
{{Image|Lapse rates.png|right|292px|Diagram of the various lapse rates defining the change of atmospheric temperature with altitude.}}


 
The decrease of an atmospheric variable with height, the variable being temperature, unless otherwise specified.





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Diagram of the various lapse rates defining the change of atmospheric temperature with altitude.

The decrease of an atmospheric variable with height, the variable being temperature, unless otherwise specified.



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References

  1. Mark Zachary Jacobson (2005). Fundamentals of Atmospheric Modeling, 2nd. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-83970-X. 
  2. C. Donald Ahrens (2006). Meteorology Today, 8th. Brooks/Cole Publishing. ISBN 0-495-01162-2.