On a spring day, a middle-latitude city (about 40° north latitude) has a surface (sea-level) temperature of 10°C. a. If vertical soundings on this spring day reveal a nearly constant environmental lapse rate of 6.5°C per kilometer and a temperature at the tropopause of −55°C, what is the height of the tropopause? b. On the same spring day, a station near the equator has a surface temperature of 25°C, which is 15°C higher than the middle-latitude city mentioned in part a. Vertical soundings reveal an environmental lapse rate of 6.5°C per kilometer and indicate that the tropopause is encountered at 16 kilometers. What is the air temperature at the tropopause?

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On a spring day, a middle-latitude city (about 40° north latitude)
has a surface (sea-level) temperature of 10°C.
a. If vertical soundings on this spring day reveal a nearly
constant environmental lapse rate of 6.5°C per kilometer
and a temperature at the tropopause of −55°C, what is the
height of the tropopause?
b. On the same spring day, a station near the equator has a
surface temperature of 25°C, which is 15°C higher than
the middle-latitude city mentioned in part a. Vertical
soundings reveal an environmental lapse rate of 6.5°C per

kilometer and indicate that the tropopause is encountered
at 16 kilometers. What is the air temperature at the
tropopause?

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