The Environmental Lapse Rate Exercise A (Total = 12 marks) The heights of the temperature °c measurements are given in meters (m) Convert each of these to the appropriate height in Hectopascals (hPa): Height (m) Temperature°c Hectopacals (hPa) 0 22 1000 1500 18 850 3000 13 700 4000 7 600 5000 -15 500 6000 -22 400 7000 -36 300 8000 -41 200 8500 -49 150 9000 -58 100 a) Plot a simple graph to display these data (3 marks): see attached b) what does the graph tell you about
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Mt. Adiabatic Let’s look more closely at how the air changes temperature when it rises or drops. We know that warm air rises‚ and when it rises it becomes cooler. If you remember that‚ you can reason your way through a lot of meteorology. Adiabatic heating and cooling implies a change in temperature of the parcel of air without gain or loss of heat from outside the air parcel. Adiabatic processes are very important in the atmosphere‚ and adiabatic cooling of rising air is the dominant cause of cloud
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saturated B) adiabatic C) dew point D) convective E) unstable 3. The release of latent heat along from water molecules on a wet surface is called ________. A) vapor pressure B) specific humidity C) condensation D) evaporative cooling E) none of the above 4. Tornadoes‚ although erratic in their pathways‚ are always characterized by ________ pressure. A) devaporized B) high C) low D) constantly variable E) adiabatic 5. The average
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LECTURE NOTES For Environmental Health Science Students Air Pollution Mengesha Admassu‚ Mamo Wubeshet University of Gondar In collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative‚ The Carter Center‚ the Ethiopia Ministry of Health‚ and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education August 2006 Funded under USAID Cooperative Agreement No. 663-A-00-00-0358-00. Produced in collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative‚ The Carter Center‚ the Ethiopia Ministry of
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2004). Such as the porosity‚ grain size and chemical composition. The lithology that lies beneath the soil has an impact on the soil in an area‚ both the type and amount of coverage. It also has an impact upon the saturation point of the soil and rate at which any water filtrates through the soil and the bedrock. The hardness of the lithology has an impact on the type of soil and the amount of regolith. For example if the rock type is a particularly hard rock type‚ such as granite and the regolith
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PULL THE TAIL** intercepting NDB QDR/QDM glidepath ⋅ height ⋅ ( ft ) = glidepath ⋅ angle × distance (ft) ≈ (300 ft/nm) 60 rate of descent (ft/min): GS x 5 = 3° glide path climb gradient = rate ⋅ of ⋅ c lim b × 6000 TAS × 6080 glide path in ° = ...% x 60 100 TAS + 7 (approximation) 10 angle of bank in rate 1 turn = radius of turn (NM) = TAS rate × 60 × π V 2 (m / s ) radius of turn (m) = 10 × tan⋅ bankangle ’’n’’ (load factor) = 1 cos⋅ bankangle load ⋅ factor = VStall
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Corporation Case Overview CUP was one of the largest insurance firms based in Europe. They enjoyed growth rate of more than 25% each year for almost past 10 years. They sold various forms of insurance in order to broaden the type of the insurance into health‚ life‚ casualty‚ property‚ and automotive areas. However‚ the growth was flat instead of the planned 3 percent by 1996 and 1997. The declining growth rate resulted from several issues‚ economic climate‚ higher taxes and social welfare levies‚ increasing
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Name: MERGEN Allamiradow Id: 1785369 Name of the experiment: Adiabatic coefficient of gases- Flammersefeld oscillator Section: Friday morning Date: 26/04/2013 Group No:9 Group member: Ezgi OĞUZ Assistant: MELIS KESIK Calculations: Given values: m = 4‚59•10-3 kg; V = 1‚14•10-3 m3; PL = 99‚56•103 kg/ms2; r= 5‚95•10-3 m tavg(gas) = (t1 + t2 + t3 + t4 + t5)/5 (sec); tavg(CO2) = (106 + 107 + 106+ 110 + 112)/5 = 106‚8 (sec.); tavg(Argon) = (105+ 100 + 97 + 100 + 99)/5 = 100
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Investigation 2: How and why do microclimates vary between coniferous and deciduous woodland areas in the Bon Nant Valley? Hypothesis 1: There will be a significant difference in air and ground temperature in deciduous and coniferous woodlands in the Bon Nant Valley Null hypothesis: There will be no difference in air and ground temperature in deciduous and coniferous woodlands in the Bon Nant Valley I believe that this hypothesis will be proved correct as coniferous and deciduous woodlands
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Lab Instructions: EX: 21-22 Adiabatic Processes: Humidity- the amount of water vapor present in the air. Absolute Humidity- The amount of water vapor present in a unit volume of air. Relative Humidity-the ration of the amount of water vapor actually present in the air to the greatest amount possible at the same temperature. R. H = Actual Water Vapor content/ Water Vapor Capacity (Maximum Capacity that the air can hold) Saturation Mixing Ratio- The water vapor capacity of air at given temperature
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