Moist adiabat

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moist adiabat[edit | edit source]

(Also called saturation adiabat.) On a thermodynamic diagram, an isopleth of equivalent potential temperature or pseudoequivalent potential temperature.

Moist adiabats on most diagrams are drawn for the pseudoadiabatic process, in which liquid water is removed as soon as it is condensed.


In most contexts,

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