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Questions for ADIABATIC AND STABILITY1

Answer the following questions

1. From which of the following can the stability of the atmosphere be determined?
2. In unstable air, surface visibility is most likely to be restricted by
3. During an adiabatic process heat is
4. In an unstable layer there are cumuliform clouds. The vertical extent of these clouds depends on the
5. The DALR is
6. What happens to the temperature of a saturated air mass when descending?
7. In an air mass with no clouds the surface temperature is 15°C and 13°C at 1000m. This layer of air is
8. When warm air is advected in the lower part of a cold layer of air
9. What happens to the temperature of a saturated air mass when forced to descend?
10. What is the effect of a strong low level inversion?
11. A parcel of air cooling by more than 1°C/100m is said to be?
12. ELR is 1°C/100m
13. Why does air cool as it rises?
14. In still air a lapse rate of 1.2°C/100m refers to
15. What happens to the stability of the atmosphere in an inversion? (Temp increasing with height) Absolutely stable
16. The stability in a layer is increasing if
17. The rate of cooling of ascending saturated air is less than the rate of cooling of ascending unsaturated air because:
18. A mass of unsaturated air is forced to rise till just under the condensation level. It then settles back to its original position
19. What happens to stability of the atmosphere in an isothermal layer? (Temp constant with height)
20. Which of the following gives conditionally unstable conditions when saturated?
21. The temperature at the surface is 15°C, the temperature at 1000m is 13°C.Is the atmosphere
22. A layer of air can be
23. If the ELR is 0.65°C/100m