lec 18

Question 1

hydrometeors

Answer 1

an all-catch term for any product of condensation or deposition of atmospheric water vapor
ie, rain, sleet, hail, snow…

Question 2

virga

Answer 2

evaporating rain drops as they fall into very dry air (low specific humidity and warmer)
this is because as soon as a rain drop begins to fall it enters unsaturated aur and will evaporate as it falls

Question 3

snow

Answer 3

unmelted cie crystasl.
fall is entirely frozen

Question 4

freezing rain

Answer 4

solid precipitation that falls into warmer air and hits a below 0 ground and freeze on impact

Question 5

sleet

Answer 5

solid precip that melts as it enters warmer air, but enters air below 0 Before hitting the ground giving it enough time to freeze

Question 6

rain

Answer 6

frozen precip that melts and remains melted as it hits the ground

Question 7

graupel

Answer 7

sticky snowball precip that forms when snow flakes accrete raindrops

Question 8

hail

Answer 8

frozen precipitation (ice balls) that form due to a strong updraft.
the ice crystals are continuously pulled back up into the cloud and grow during violent thunderstorms
falls either because the mass becomes heavier than the updraft or the hail drifts to an area with a down draft

Question 9

what is cloud seeding?

Answer 9

a method used to induce precip via springing dry ice or silver iodide in clouds
the introduce molecules act as condensation nuclei and promote precip

Question 10

what is EMR

Answer 10

the transmission of energy in the form of wavelengths. the wavelengths are formed due to electrons jumping valence shells in a source molecule.

Question 11

what is a unique property of EMR

Answer 11

it can move through vacuum space, meaning these waves can travel in the absence of particles. this means is does not require mole-mole contact