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What are super adiabatic and sub adiabatic lapse rates?
A little bit. I know that they are the rate at which temperature changes as you move vertically in the atmosphere.
That's correct. The adiabatic lapse rate is the rate at which the temperature of a parcel of air changes as it rises or sinks in the atmosphere without exchanging heat with its surroundings. The super adiabatic lapse rate occurs when the air in the parcel is warmer than the surrounding air and rises rapidly. The sub adiabatic lapse rate occurs when the air in the parcel is cooler than the surrounding air and sinks slowly.