Temperature with Altitude: Lapse Rates and a Summit Estimate
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In this lesson
You estimate the temperature at the hut, the col and the summit from one valley reading with two textbook lapse rates, measure today's real lapse rate from two stations and use it for a better summit estimate.
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- Pressure & Altitude: The Barometric Formula and Altimeter Drift Locked
- Pressure Tendency: 3-Hour Changes and Trend Classes Locked
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