why is the moist adiabatic lapse rate less than the dry adiabatic lapse rate?
As the temperature increases, the moist adiabatic lapse rate decreases. For saturated motion, we can rewrite (2) as âÎ¤â² ât =wâ²(ÎâÎ m). (37) (38) Figure 1: A plot of the moist adiabatic lapse rate, Î m, in K km-1, as a function of temperature and pressure. p, mb T, K 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 200 220 240 260 280 300 1000 800 600 400 200 T,K p, mb