Adiabatic Process
Climate Change
A process that takes place without a transfer of heat between the system (e.g., an air parcel) and its surroundings. In an adiabatic process, compression always results in warming, and expansion results in cooling.
- — ARM Climate Research Glossary retrieved 2014-06-12
A thermodynamic change of state of a system such that no heat or mass is transferred across the boundaries of the system. In an adiabatic process, expansion always results in cooling, and compression in warming.
Weather
A process which occurs with no exchange of heat between a system and its environment.