Presipitaion Clouds Flashcards
The process by which water vapor changes directly to a solid is called
Deposition
What is true about warm saturated air
It contains more water vapor than cold air
What term refers to the energy that is stored or released during a change of state of water
Latent heat
The change of state from a gas to a liqued is called
Condensation
What causes air to become unstable
Intense solar heating that warms air below
Forceful lifting of air
Upward movement caused by convergence
Cool air acts as a barrier over which warmer less sense air roses in a process known as
Frontal wedging
Air that has reached it’s water vapor content to its capacity is said to be
Saturated
Which gas is most important for understanding atmospheric processes?
Water vapor
Which teen refers to the temperature to which air would have to be cooled to reach saturation
Dew point
The ratio of air water vapor content to its capacity to hold water vapor at the same temperature is the
Relative humidity
What are the processes that lift air
Orographix
Frontal
Convergence
Condensation nuclei
Dust smoke salt particles
Which valid type is best described as sheet or layer that cover much of all of the sky
Stratus
Dry adiabatic rate
10/1000
Conditions are associated with stable atmospheric condition
Widespread fog
Temp inversion
Dearly overcast with light drizzle
When air is compressed
Air temp rises
When air expands or contracts what type if temp change does it experience
Adiabatic
Which term is used To describe clouds of middle height
Altostratus
Orthographic lifting is associated with
Mountains
Means rainy clouds
Nimbus
A low cloud that blankets the sky and often generates precious toon is called a
Nimbostratus
True about stable air
Tends to resist rising
Cloud type consists of globular cloud masses with a cauliflower structure
Cumulus
Water vapor makes up what fraction of atmospheric gases
0-4
