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Temperature changes with an increase or decrease of altitude. This change is known as the "lapse rate" and it varies depending on the amount of moisture in the particular mass of air. The "dry adiabatic lapse rate" (for dry air masses) is a temperature decrease of about 3 degrees C per thousand feet of altitude, while the "wet adiabatic lapse rate" (for moist air masses) is a temperature decrease of about 1.66 degrees C per thousand feet of altitude.
For average conditions, a figure of 3.5 degrees F (2 degrees C) per 1000 feet is commonly used.
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∙ 11y agoTemperature does not affect altitude, altitude affects temperature.
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∙ 7y agoWithin the troposphere temperature decreases with increasing altitude.
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∙ 11y agobecause you get closer to space and in space there is no atmosphere
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∙ 9y agoThe higher you go, the colder it gets. For example, it is colder in the mountains than on a plain or by the ocean
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∙ 12y agoAir temperature decreases on increasing altitude.
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∙ 12y agothe higher you go the thiner the air and this makes the temp. go down
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