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220 - ATPL Question Bank in English - For unsaturated air parcels in the lower atmosphere, the dry adiabatic lapse rate is normally treated as:

Question 220 - Meteorology - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot Licence

A rate systematically greater at night than by day under otherwise identical conditions.

A rate systematically greater in summer than in winter solely because of the season.

A highly variable rate mainly controlled by latent heat released through condensation.

Approximately constant, at about 9.8°C per km (3°C per 1,000 ft).

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