Lapse Rate is the temperature drop per kilometer height increase

Typically about 6 °C/km = 6 °C/1000m

Or

About 3 °F/1000 ft

• Question:

• Assume that the surface temperature is 30 C and that the lapse rate near the surface for this particular location and time is 8 oC/km.

• What is the temperature at a height of 1 km?• What is the temperature at a height of 2 km

• Question:

• Assume that the surface temperature is 30 C and that the lapse rate near the surface for this particular location and time is 8 oC/km.

• What is the temperature at a height of 1 km?• What is the temperature at a height of 2 km?

• Answer Temperature=30-8=22 at 1km• Temperature=22-8=14 at 2km