For
a saturated parcel with
q=qs(T,p), use
dq=qTdT+qpdp to obtain
Γm=cp+LqTg(1−Lqp/V).
With dilute
vapor,
qp≃−qs/p and
qT≃Lqs/(RvT2), this becomes
Γd[1+Lqs/(RaT)]/[1+L2qs/(cpRvT2)]. In terrestrial conditions the
denominator'
s latent-heating correction dominates. Warming increases saturation
humidity strongly, so
latent heat increasingly compensates expansion cooling and the moist
lapse rate falls. This is
a statement about saturated
convective adjustment, not every instantaneous environmental
temperature profile.