Section Name EXERCISE 22 PROBLEMS-PART I (S.I. Units On the chart below, use the

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Section Name EXERCISE 22 PROBLEMS-PART I (S.I. Units On the chart below, use the following sets of hypothetical data to plot the perature profile (the environmental lapse rate) of the atmosphere in a straightedge, connect the temperature points for Location A with a l Location B with a green line (if you do not use colored lines, label achd for completing the temperature profiles, answer the questions on the followin 1. sing learly). After following page. Elevation Temperature (C) Location A Location B (meters) 5000 3500 2500 500 1000 -10°C -4°C 5 C 14°C -8°C 4°C 14°C 26C 30 C 35 C 15°C Elevation 5000 m 4500 m 4000 m 3500 m 2500 m 2000 m 1500 m 1000 m 500 m 45? 40? 35? 25°C -5°C 0C 5'C 10C 15°C 20°C -10°C Temperature

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1. a) The air parcel is stable throughout the air column as it cools at a rate less than DAR.

b) The vertical change in temperature between 1000 m and 15000 m is characterized by the inversion layer.

c) The parcel becomes highly stable as it can't rise due to the warming of the environment between the height of 1000 m and 1500 m.

2. a) The parcel won't rise on its own as it cools at a rate less than DAR. In other words, it is cooler than the surrounding air.

b) The parcel's stability changes with altitude and the change occurs at 1500 m when it starts rising as it cools faster than DAR.

c) The parcel would have remained stable until it reached a height of 4500 m. It would have cooled at a rate less than DAR until it reached that altitude.

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