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Chapter 25, Problem 39TAS

On a mountain top (elevation 2 km), an air parcel has a temperature of 5°C and the relative humidity is 80%. As the air parcel moves downslope to an elevation near sea level, what happens to the air temperature and the relative humidity?

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