Question: What is the normal lapse rate of temperature in the troposphere? (RJ AARO Agronomy 2022)
Options:
3.5°F per 1000 feet
4.5°F per 1000 feet
5.5°F per 1000 feet
6.5°F per 1000 feet
✅Explanation: Temperature decreases with altitude.
🔑Key Points:: Normal Lapse Rate
-Definition: Rate of temperature decrease with altitude
-Average rate: 6.5 °C per kilometer (18.8 °F per mile)
-Troposphere: Temperature decreases with height
-Normal lapse rate: 3.5°F per 1000 feet
🔴Additional information::: Temperature Inversion
-Definition: Reversal of normal temperature behavior
-Characteristics: Warm air over cold air
-Causes: Static atmospheric conditions, air movement
-Effects: Reversal of normal temperature lapse rate
🔑Key Points:: Normal Lapse Rate
-Definition: Rate of temperature decrease with altitude
-Average rate: 6.5 °C per kilometer (18.8 °F per mile)
-Troposphere: Temperature decreases with height
-Normal lapse rate: 3.5°F per 1000 feet
🔴Additional information::: Temperature Inversion
-Definition: Reversal of normal temperature behavior
-Characteristics: Warm air over cold air
-Causes: Static atmospheric conditions, air movement
-Effects: Reversal of normal temperature lapse rate