User talk:Bobblewik/units of temperature

Temperature lapse rate
Like environmental lapse rate, the adiabatic lapse rate is also a temperature lapse rate. Maybe others as well, AFAIK. Or maybe they are two names for the same thing. Maybe you should revert your name change, and discuss it so that those who know the details can sort it out. Perhaps what we should have is a disambiguation (for now, perhaps expandible in the future) temperature lapse rate article, or perhaps what should be done is to merge adiabatic lapse rate with this article, retaining a redirect there, and restore the distinguishing name environmental lapse rate to that section if they are indeed different. I'd say let someone else make that choice. Gene Nygaard 18:57, 23 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the prompt. I started dealing with the units on that article. When I examined the content and found it to be about the temperature lapse rate, I decided to move it.


 * A pro-metric edit by somebody else had been reverted with the phrase:
 * rv - it's expressed per 1000 ft, even though that's not an SI unit, thats the way it is...
 * I knew that was not true. I looked on the web for an original source for the ISA but could not find one. I was even wondering whether the original values are in mK/m but from what secondary sources say, I doubt it now.


 * I did see some stuff about adiabatic lapse rate but did not research further.


 * I think the name environmental lapse rate is definitely worse than temperature lapse rate. I can't see any benefit in moving it back. However, if you think there is merit in that approach, go ahead. I won't object. I don't agree but I don't care much as long as the units are correct.


 * The content is merely a subset of what is said in Standard conditions for temperature and pressure. So I am not even sure whether it merits an entire article to itself. Perhaps it merely needs to be a redirect to an improved combined article. Bobblewik (talk) 00:39, 24 May 2005 (UTC)