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Earth’s Water Balance

Earth’s Water Balance. Changes of State. Water Vapor in the Air. Humidity. Saturation Vapor Pressure Rises with Temperature. Amount of Water Vapor Required for Saturation Rises with Temperature. DEW Point Temperature. Pseudoadiabatic Chart. Air Lifting Mechanisms.

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Earth’s Water Balance

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  1. Earth’s Water Balance

  2. Changes of State

  3. Water Vapor in the Air

  4. Humidity

  5. Saturation Vapor Pressure Rises with Temperature

  6. Amount of Water Vapor Required for Saturation Rises with Temperature

  7. DEW Point Temperature

  8. Pseudoadiabatic Chart

  9. Air Lifting Mechanisms

  10. Relative Humidity Increases with Additional Water Vapor

  11. Relative Humidity Increases with Decrease of Temperature

  12. Changes in Relative Humidity with Temperature

  13. Sling Psychrometer

  14. Atmospheric Stability

  15. Air Cools at Dry Adiabatic Rate until Reaching Dew Point Then Cools at Wet Adiabatic Rate

  16. Orographic Lifting

  17. Arid Conditions Caused by Removal of Moisture from Air by Orographic Lifting

  18. Frontal Wedging

  19. Uplifting by Convergence

  20. Cloud Cover from Convergence over Florida

  21. Localized Convective Lifting

  22. Air Warmer than its Surroundings Rises

  23. Rising Air Cooler than Environment Tends Toward Stability

  24. Absolute Stability; Environmental Lapse Rate less than Wet Adiabatic Rate

  25. Absolute Instability; Environmental Lapse Rate greater than Dry Adiabatic Rate

  26. Conditional Stability; Environmental Lapse Rate between the Dry and Wet Adiabatic Rates

  27. Orographic Lifting

  28. Orographic Lifting Forming a Rain Shadow Desert

  29. Convective Uplifting

  30. Frontal Convergence: Extra-tropical Cyclone – Plan View

  31. Frontal Convergence: Extra-tropical Cyclone – Vertical X sectional View

  32. Cumulonimbus Cloud

  33. People Caught in a Downpour!

  34. Cloud Types

  35. Cirrus Clouds

  36. Cirrostratus Clouds

  37. Cirrocumulus Clouds

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