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'''Wet-bulb potential temperature''', sometimes referred to as '''pseudo wet-bulb potential temperature''', is the temperature that a parcel of air at any level would have if, starting at the wet-bulb temperature, it were brought at the saturated adiabatic lapse rate to the standard pressure of 1,000 mbar.

This temperature is conservative with respect to reversible adiabatic changes.

== See also == * Wet-bulb temperature * Potential temperature * Atmospheric thermodynamics * Equivalent temperature * Equivalent potential temperature

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== External links == * [http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_potential_temperature AMS Glossary]

* [http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803121927815 Oxford Index] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918070752/http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803121927815 |date=2017-09-18 }}

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