Sustainable Energy
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781337551663
Author: DUNLAP, Richard A.
Publisher: Cengage,
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Chapter 4, Problem 16P
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Compare the adiabatic lapse rate (ALR) for the troposphere obtained from Figures 4.7 and 4.8 with the value in the text.
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