Dry adiabatic lapse rate
QUESTION FOR THOUGHT: Suppose the air pressure outside a conventional jet airliner flying at an altitude of 10 km is 250 mb. Further, suppose the air inside the aircraft is pressurized to 1000mb. If the outside air temperature is -50 ºC, what would be the temperature of this air if brought inside the aircraft and compressed at the dry adiabatic rate to a pressure of 1000mb (assume that a pressure of 1000mb is equivalent to an altitude of 0 m). |