altitude, due to heating from the ground (which is warmed by sunlight). If the t

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                    altitude, due to heating from the ground (which is warmed by sunlight). If the temperature                 

                    gradient |dT/dz| exceeds a certain critical value, convection will occur: Warm, low-density                 

                    air will rise while cool, high-density air sinks. The decrease of pressure with altitude causes                 

                    a rising air mass to expand adiabatically and thus to cool. The condition for convection to                 

                    occur is that the rising air mass must remain warmer than the surrounding air despite this                 

                    adiabatic cooling.                 

                    What is T(z) in this case? At what altitude must this model be wrong?

Please note that dT/dz=10 K/km

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