Use Adiabatic Process and Associated Lapse Rates to Describe Precipitation

question 29

Essay

Use adiabatic process and associated lapse rates to describe precipitation patterns associated with orographic precipitation.

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Availability

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Representativeness Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut used in decision making and judgments, where the likelihood of an object or event is assessed based on how closely it matches the typical case or stereotype.

Preexisting Beliefs

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Availability Heuristic

A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method or decision.