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Water in the Atmosphere
Chapter 18
300
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Humidity & Condensation ch. 18.1
• When it comes to understanding atmospheric processes, water vapor is the most important gas in the atmosphere.
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Characteristics of Water
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Humidity• What is humidity?
– general term for amount of water vapor in the air• There are two “types” of humidity:
– absolute (specific) humidity
– relative humidity
(1 kg)
(g)
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• What is water vapor capacity?– amount of water air
can “hold” at a given temperature• How does temperature
affect the amount of water vapor needed to saturate the air?
– Warm air can hold more water than cold air.
Humidity
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Humidity• What is specific (absolute) humidity?
– the actual amount of water vapor in the air (for a given time & place)
• How do we express it?– specific humidity = mass of H2O vapor (g)
1 kg of air
(1 kg)
(g)
What is the absolute humidity of this 1 kg
parcel of air?
15 g H20
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Humidity• What is relative humidity (RH)?
– ratio of how close the air is to maximum capacity (How “full” of water vapor the air is.)• How do we express it?
– relative humidity = specific humidity X 100
maximum capacity
RH = ?100%
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• What is the relative humidity of each container?– 50%
• How can they be the same????– b/c both are ½ full to capacity
Humidity
50%50%
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• Relative humidity can be changed in two ways.– adding or removing water vapor– changing the air temperature
Humidity
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Relative Humidity & Temperature• How does temp. affect relative humidity?
– As air temp goes down, RH goes up.• Why?
– b/c cold air can hold less water than warm
– As temp goes up, RH goes down.• Why?
– b/c warm air can hold more water than cold
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Humidity• When air has 100% relative humidity it is
also called…– saturated
• & air is “full” of water vapor (has reached capacity)
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Humidity• What is the special name for the temp.
at which saturation (100% RH) occurs?– dew point (temperature)
• What happens at the dew point temp?– condensation (& precipitation)
» gas liquid
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Saturation & Temperature• How does temp. affect saturation?
– It takes more water to saturate warm air & less to saturate cold air.
• Why?– b/c warm air can hold more water & cold
air can hold less.
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What information can we gather from these figures?
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• Using a sling psychrometer:– 1. Wet the wick on the wet bulb.– 2. Spin the psychrometer for the specified amount
of time.– 3. Read temperatures on both the wet & dry bulbs.
• The wet bulb temp. should always be equal or cooler than the dry bulb temp. due to the evaporation of the water.
– 4. Record your data.
Measuring Relative Humidity
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• Using the RH chart– 1. Calculate
difference between wet & dry bulb temperatures
– 2. Locate difference on the (top of) RH chart
– 3. Locate dry bulb temp. on the (left of) RH chart
– 4. Where they intersect gives the RH (in %)
Measuring Relative Humidity
Interactive Relative Humidity Chart
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Example: What is the RH?• If the wet bulb temp. = 16°C & dry bulb temp.
= 26°C, what is the Relative Humidity?o34%
Interactive Relative Humidity Chart
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• Same method as determining relative humidity, except use dew point chart
Determining Dew Point Temperature
Interactive Dew Point Chart
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• If the wet bulb temp. = 16°C & dry bulb temp. = 26°C, what is the dew point?o9° Celsius
Example: What is the Dew Point?
Interactive Dew Point Chart
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Practice Determining Dew Point & Relative Humidity Using Psychrometer Readings
Dry Bulb Temp.
Wet Bulb Temp.
Diff. Between
Dew point Temp. in °C
% Relative Humidity
24 C 17 °C
20 C 16 °C
7 12 °C 49%EX.
EX. 4 14 °C 66%
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Cooling & Condensation• What causes condensation?
– as air is cooled, water vapor capacity decreases (& RH ↑)• When air reaches dew point
temperature, air becomes saturated (100% RH)
– condensation occurs (gas liquid)» forms dew, clouds, fog, precipitation
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Condensation• Besides cooling air to the dew point, what
else is needed for condensation to occur?– material for water vapor to condense onto
• condensation nuclei– dust, sand, salt, aerosol particles
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Clouds ch. 18 sec. 2
• Where, in the atmosphere, can clouds form?– anywhere in troposphere
• Why?– b/c only layer w/ water vapor
• What are clouds made of?– water (liquid or ice)
– condensation nuclei
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Types of Clouds• Names formed from
one or more of 5 words/word parts
• Classified according to:1. shape
• stratus or strato-– layers
• cumulus or cumulo-– upward puffs/heaps
2. altitude (height in atm)• low
– stratus, nimbostratus, cumulus, stratocumulus
• alto (middle)– altostratus, altocumulus
• cirrus or cirro- (high)– cirrus, cirrostratus,
cirrocumulus
3. dark, rain clouds• nimbus or nimbo-
– nimbostratus, cumulonimbus
» vertical development
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Low Clouds
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Middle Clouds
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High Clouds
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Dark, Rain Clouds
also considered a low-altitude cloud
shows vertical development
a.k.a. thunderheads
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cirrocumulus
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Cloud Formation ch. 18 sec. 2
• Where, in the atmosphere, can clouds form?– anywhere in troposphere
• Why?– b/c only layer w/ water vapor
• What are clouds made of?– water (liquid or ice)
– condensation nuclei
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Cloud Formation• How do clouds form?
– warm ground heats air above it• air rises & cools until reaches dew point &
condenses (gas liquid) or undergoes deposition (gas solid)
– cloud forms (LIQUID or solid water NOT gas)
– What is the name for the atmospheric level where condensation occurs?• condensation level
condensationlevel
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Internet Investigation ES1806 Which Way Does the Wind Blow?
• What is the orographic effect?– rainfall that results from the “lifting” of air over
mountains• different effects on windward & leeward sides of
mountain• windward moist air forced over mountain & rises…
the air expands and cools precipitation• leeward air is now dry & cool at top air sinks &
warms less rain/cloud cover = “rain shadow desert”
Processes that Lift Air
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Orographic Lifting & the Orographic Effect
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The Wind Blew Over the MountainTune: For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
Written By: Unknown/Copyright Unknown
The wind blew over the mountain,The wind blew over the mountain,The wind blew over the mountain,
And it was wet on the windward side
wet on the windward sidewet on the windward side
The leeward side of the mountain,The leeward side of the mountain,The leeward side of the mountain,
Was as dry as it could be
Was as dry as it could be,Was as dry as it could be,
The leeward side of the mountain,Was as dry as it could be!
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• frontal wedging– masses of warm & cold air collide producing a front
• warmer, less dense air rises over cooler, more dense air
Processes that Lift Air
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• convergence– air flows
horizontally, collides, & gets pushed upward
Processes that Lift Air
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• localized convective lifting– air is warmed more than surrounding air,
becomes less dense, rises
Processes that Lift Air
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Precipitation ch. 18 sec. 3
• What is precipitation?– any form of water that falls
to Earth from a cloud• H2O droplets/ice crystals have
to be heavy enough to fall– examples:
» drizzle» rain» glaze/freezing rain» snow» sleet» hail
Formation of Hail Animation
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Measuring Precipitation
• National Weather Service (NWS) measures in hundredths of an inch
• What instruments are used to measure precipitation?
• rain?–rain gauge
• snow?–measuring stick