lec 15

Question 1

cumulus congestus

Answer 1

cumulus coulds that being to have vertical development. the starting stages of a cumulonimbus

Question 2

pileus clouds

Answer 2

orographic uplift on top of a cumulus cloud

Question 3

mammatus clouds

Answer 3

usually accompany cumulonimbus clouds
form via the downward movement within cumulonimbus cloudy

Question 4

stratosphereic clouds

Answer 4

promotes the breakdown of the ozone layer due to composition
-water vapor ad nitric acid
rare formation due to the lack of water in strato

Question 5

banner clouds

Answer 5

cooling air mass pushed up against a moutnain

Question 6

lenticular cloud

Answer 6

bannerclouds but higher in the atmos
carry a wave like pattern
can continue for many km past the moutntains

Question 7

how are weather condiotns illistrated on a map

Answer 7

symbols

Question 8

lapse rate

Answer 8

the decrease in temp of an air parcel with increasing elevation or altitude

Question 9

what do the three types of lapse rate together measure

Answer 9

atmospheric stability of an air parcel
(wheter it will rise fall or stay were it is)

Question 10

adibatic processes

Answer 10

the chnage in temp of an air parcel without heat transfer.
due to changes in pressure with elevation
assumes cooling of a parcel as it rises

Question 11

dry adiabtic lapse rate

Answer 11

the cooling rate of unsatrated air
RH can be 50, 22, or 99%
10C per km

Question 12

saturated adiabatic lapse rate

Answer 12

the rate of colling of a saturated air parcel.
a parel will only become saturated when it (begins as 100%) reaches the LCL
5C per km

Question 13

why is the SLR slower than DLR

Answer 13

becuase saturated air parcels release latent heat, colling it further. this recudeds the rate at which it warms

Question 14

at what rate will a sinking air parcel warm?

Answer 14

the DLR always.
skining allows the parcel to warm. warming from any points will increase the max hum if the parcel and it will immidiately become unstat

Question 15

what is the environmental lapse rate

Answer 15

the ACTUAL rate of temp change of still air with elevation.
both the DALR and SALR are theoretical

Question 16

what influences the stability of our atmosphere

Answer 16

the relationship between the DLS and/ or the SLR with the ELR

Question 17

why don’t the ELR and the DLR or SLR equal each other?

Answer 17

because of other factors tat influences temp near the surface such as radiative cooling, fromtal interaction and the sun

Question 18

why does precipitation occur

Answer 18

an air parcel with a substantial amount of vapor is lifted to such a height that it cools below its dew point, commonly through an adiabatic cooling processes

Question 19

how does air change elevation in our atmosphere?

Answer 19

sue to changes in pressure- less pressure allows for rising and expanding (cooling) while more pressure causes falling and compression (warms).
note this occurs in an isolated air parcel

Question 20

what is the lifting condensation level

Answer 20

the elevation point where unsaturated air becomes saturated and begins to cool at the SLR as it continues to rise

Question 21

when is the LCL low?

Answer 21

when the air parcel is holding alot of water.
think about the sponge alaogy