1.1 - Lecture-39
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Practice Questions
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What is mixing height?
💡 Hint: Think about how pollutants spread in the air.
Define atmospheric stability in simple terms.
💡 Hint: Consider temperature changes during air parcel movement.
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What does the mixing height refer to?
💡 Hint: Consider where mixing happens in the atmosphere.
True or False: The adiabatic lapse rate changes depending on the emission source.
💡 Hint: Think of the consistent value of the lapse rate.
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Given that the adiabatic lapse rate is -0.0098 °C/m, calculate the temperature of an air parcel starting at 25 °C at an altitude of 1 km.
💡 Hint: Remember to account for the temperature change over the altitude difference.
Design an experiment to measure the mixing height in a given urban setting. What variables would you consider?
💡 Hint: Think about what affects air movement and pollution dispersion.
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