'Orographic uplift' presentation slideshows

Class #4: Stability, cloud development, and precipitation

Class #4: Stability, cloud development, and precipitation. Chapters 6 and 7. Stability & Cloud development. Chapter 6. Fig. 6-CO, p. 140. Fig. 6-1, p. 142. Importance of Clouds. Release heat to atmosphere Help regulate energy balance Indicate physical processes. Atmospheric Stability.

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Class #3: Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Class #3: Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Tropical climates, continued. Fig. 17-2, p. 472. Fig. 17-6, p. 477. Fig. 17-7a, p. 478. Fig. 17-7b, p. 479. Table 17-1a, p. 480. Table 17-1b, p. 480. Fig. 9-2, p. 225. Fig. 9-14, p. 232. Fig. 9-14, p. 232. Fig. 9-15, p. 234. Fig. 9-22, p. 239.

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Weather Systems Stability Clouds Storms Applications

Weather Systems Stability Clouds Storms Applications. Stability warm areas on the ground develop lower pressure, as air is forced to rise expansion upward: thermal buoyancy of warm air "parcels, or thermals" in heavier surrounding (ambient) air

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Chapter 6 Cloud Development and Forms

Chapter 6 Cloud Development and Forms. Four mechanisms lift air so that condensation and cloud formation can occur:. 1. Orographic lifting, the forcing of air above a mountain barrier 2. Frontal lifting, the displacement of one air mass over another

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Climate Patterns Lab

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