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== wet-bulb potential temperature ==
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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' pseudo wet-bulb potential temperature.) The [[temperature]]  an [[air parcel]] would have if cooled from its initial state adiabatically to [[saturation]], and  thence brought to 1000 mb by a [[moist-adiabatic process]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">This temperature is conservative with respect to reversible adiabatic changes.</div><br/> </div>
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