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| Movement of water through the atmosphere |
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| Movement of Water Though Hydrologic |
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| Evaporation ->Condensation ->Precipitation ->Runoff |
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| Liquid droplets/ice crystals |
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| Process that turns solid to gas |
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| Process that turns vapor to solid |
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| Indicates how close air is to saturation rather than actual quantity of water vapor in air |
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| Relative Humidity Calculation |
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| (Actual H20 vapor in air / max H20 vapor possible in air at that temp) X 100 |
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| Temperature air is cooled to reach saturation, measure of moisture content |
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| Two identical thermometers, One dry measures air temp, one wet measures dryness larger the difference in temps between wet & dry, the lower the humidity |
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| Radiation cooling of ground and air, slight breeze needed |
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| Warm, moist air blowing over cold surface, 10-30 kph winds |
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| Humid air moves up a sloping land form/mountain, air expands then and cools adiabatically |
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| Cool air moves over warm water, moisture evaporates and saturates the air |
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| Moisture in air condenses on surface already below freezing, Ice crystals form |
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| Temp drops below dew point, Continues to drop below freezing, Ice forms |
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| What atmospheric parameter always decreases with height? |
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| What does expanding air do? |
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| What does compressed air do? |
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| Air ascends above lifting condensation level, 5°C/1000m or 3.3°F/1000ft |
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| Unsaturated air cools at rate 10°C/1000m or 5.5°F/1000ft |
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| LCL (Lifting Condensation Level) |
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| Condensation is triggered when air rises to its saturation point, Clouds forms |
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| Occurs when elevated terrains act as barriers to flow of air |
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| Masses of warm & cold air collide producing fronts |
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| Horizontal air flow results in upward movement |
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| Localized Convective Lifting |
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| Unequal surface heating causes localized pockets of air to rise |
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| Resists vertical movement |
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| Environmental Lapse Rate (ELR) |
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| Actual temp of atmosphere |
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| State of air in atmosphere when its lapse rate of temp is less than saturation-adiabatic lapse rate |
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| State of air in atmosphere when it's superadiabatic lapse rate of temperature is greater than dry-adiabatic lapse rate |
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| Moist air has an environmental lapse rate between dry and wet adiabatic rates |
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| Two Criteria by which Clouds are Classified |
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| White & thin; High clouds |
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| Large, white patch without gray shadow; High clouds |
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| Thin, uniformed, halo; High clouds |
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| Globular, usually exhibiting flat base; Middle clouds |
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| Globular masses in patches; Middle clouds |
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| Layers covering much of sky; Low clouds |
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| Large dark, rounded masses in groups, lines or waves; Middle clouds |
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| Uniform bluish-gray sheet/layer; Middle couds |
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| Tall, dense, thunderstorms; Middle/High clouds |
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| Formless layer, dark gray; Low clouds |
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