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Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Characteristics of Moisture in the Atmosphere

  • Temperature determines the state of energy held in water as the atmosphere transports it.
  • Air is at its highest energy state as vapour.
  • The quantity of water within air varies temporally and spatially depending upon availability and temperature.
  • When air reaches its maximum carrying capacity of water it is saturated.
  • Relative humidity is a measure of the amount of water vapour within air as a percentage of the maximum amount it can support if it were saturated at that specific temperature.
Formation of Clouds:



Coalescence Theory:

Water droplets become larger in turbulent air as they collide and merge to form large droplets which eventually fall as precipitation.


Causes of Air Rising and Cooling:



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