> But I still wonder what the standard temperature is? What is the
> lapse rate? How much does temperature drop per kilometer of increased
> altitude? How much does dew point drop?
Those questions are well beyond my calculation abilities. If you are
interested in doing a simulation, I'd be willing to work with
you, ....
Is a simulation necessary? I am not a physicist, but I thought that
there is a standard formula for computing temperature and pressure
according to a dry adiabatic lapse rate. That would be a formula for
what happens when you reduce the press on a parcel of air
adiabatically. How did the `standard atmosphere', which is a table of
temperature and pressure, get defined?
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