Why Are There Clouds?

Опубликовано 21 апреля 2015, 15:16

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- Lifting Condensation Level (LCL): The altitude at which the water vapor in rising air begins to condense
- Adiabatic Cooling: describes the process by which an air blob cools as it rises (and as air pressure drops)
- Latent heat: the energy absorbed by water molecules during evaporation and released during condensation
- Energy of Vaporization: The amount of energy it takes for a liquid to evaporate
- Ideal Gas Law: The rule about how a volume of gas at a constant temperature and pressure always has the same number of molecules
- Supercell: A really big thunderstorm. Like, the biggest.


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REFERENCES
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Abraham. F.F. (1974) Homogeneous Nucleation Theory: The Pretransition Theory of Vapor Condensation. Academic Press
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Cameron Balloons (Accessed February 2015) Web Resource
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Grützun, V. (Accessed February 2015) Cloud Microphysics Part I. Lecture Notes. Web Resource
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Grützun, V., personal communication, 2015

Houze, R.A., Jr. (2014) Cloud Dynamics. Academic Press. eBook
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Mental Floss (Accessed February 2015 ) How Much Does a Cloud Weigh? Web Resource mentalfloss.com/article/49786/...

Pruppacher, H.R., Klett, J.D. (2010) Microphysics of Clouds and Precipitation. eBook Springer Science & Business Media, Jun 25, 2010.
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The Weather Window (Accessed March 2015) Web Resource
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