When the pressure of dry air changes, its temperature also changes (by “dry air,” the meaning is no clouds or fog). Changes in altitude equate to changes in air pressure. When a parcel of air rises, ...

When dry air (meaning no clouds) changes pressure, it also changes temperature. If you have ever filled a bicycle tire, you may have noticed the more air you pump into the tire the warmer the valve ...

Have you ever been hiking and noticed that the air gets cooler as you ascend? Or mountain bike down a mountain and realize the temperature is much warmer at the bottom? This is adiabatic cooling. The ...