Polytropic Atmosphere

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polytropic atmosphere [¦päl·i¦träp·ik ′at·mə‚sfir]

(meteorology)

A model atmosphere in hydrostatic equilibrium with a constant nonzero lapse rate.

an idealized atmosphere in which the temperature varies linearly with altitude with a nonzero constant vertical gradient.

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