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Convert the molar mass to before substitution:
The often-used environmental value near is less steep because rising moist air can condense water vapor, releasing latent heat and offsetting some expansion cooling. A saturated parcel therefore follows a smaller-magnitude moist adiabatic lapse rate, which varies with temperature, pressure and water content. Real environmental profiles also reflect radiation, mixing and weather systems; is a representative profile value, not a universal parcel law.

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