Consider the following temperature surroundings: Ground level, 21oC; 500m, 20oC; 600m, 19oC; 1000m, 20oC. 1) If we...

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Consider the following temperature surroundings:

Ground level, 21oC; 500m, 20oC; 600m, 19oC; 1000m, 20oC.

1) If we release a parcel of air at 600m, will it rise, sink orremain at 600m?

2) If a 70-m stack releases a plume with a temperature of 30oC,how high does the plume rise?

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There will be no rise nor sink if the parcel is released at 600m and 20 Celsius parcel will rise to 1200 m roughly EXPLAINATION The rate of Cooling Dry Adiabatic lapse rate of parcel is 1 for every 100m rise    See Answer
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