What is adiabatic cooling?
A) The effect of rainfall on windward side of a mountain.
B) The influence of polar air masses on tropical mountains.
C) Increasing elevation leads to a decrease in air pressure and cooler air.
D) The influence of sinking cooler air in a Hadley cell.
E) The enhanced cooling caused by cloud cover at higher elevations.
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