释义 |
process lapse rate process lapse rate[′prä‚səs ′laps ‚rāt] (meteorology) The rate of decrease of the temperature of an air parcel as it is lifted, expressed as -dT/dz, where z is the altitude, or occasionally dT/dp, where p is pressure; the concept may be applied to other atmospheric variables, such as the process lapse rate of density. |