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| One that occurs without the transfer of Heat or matter |
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| Adiabatic Temperature changes by: |
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| Dry Adiabatic Rate vs Moist Adiabatic Rate |
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| Rate at which air temp will be changing if you climb higher |
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| Stability of Atmosphere is determined by: |
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| Comparing the temperature of a rising parcel to that of its surroundings |
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| Rising air is colder and heavier than air surrounding it |
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| rising air parcels are warmer and less dense than air around them |
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| Conditionally unstable atmosphere |
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| Atmosphere is Unstable for saturated parcel |
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| Stable air vs Unstable Air |
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| Stable air resists upward movement |
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| What brings an unstable atmosphere? |
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| Environmental lapse rate is greater than dry adiabatic rate |
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| What brings a stable atmosphere? |
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| Enviornmental lapse rate is less than dry adiabatic rate |
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| Cloud Droplet Growth Method 1 |
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| 1) Accretion- Falling ice crystals collide with super cooled droplets |
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| Cloud Droplet Growth Method 2 |
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| 2) Aggregation- Falling ice crystals collide with other ice crystals |
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| Where clouds extend upward into regions where the air temp is below freezing |
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| Collision and Coalescence Process |
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| How Precipitation is made in Warm Clouds |
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| Warm clouds make rain with collision and coalescence process. Cold clouds extend high into regions where air temp is freezing |
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| 0.05 mm or greater falling drops |
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| Falling streaks that evaporate before reaching the ground |
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| Below Freezing in cloud and reaches the ground |
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| Melting snowflakes fall to ground through deep subfreezing layer of air |
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| Supercooled rain that reaches the ground, form thin ice layer |
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| Grains of ice formed by Accretion in cloud, Also called Graupel |
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| Develop in cumulonimbus clouds where strong updrafts exist |
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| Measuring Precipitation through: |
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1) Standard Rain Gauge
2) Tipping Rain Gauge
3) Weighing Rain Gauge |
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