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19 Cards in this Set
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Relative humidity |
Tells how saturated the air is |
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How do you measure relative humidity? |
Cooler air is more dense |
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Relative humidity relationship to temperature? |
Amount of water vapor is relative to temp. |
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Names of high altitude clouds clouds |
Cirrus, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus |
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Characteristics of high altitude clouds |
Thin, white, and icy |
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Altitude for high clouds |
25,00-40,000 feet |
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Names of middle altitude clouds |
Altocumulus, altostratus |
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Characteristics of middle altitude clouds |
Layered or puffy |
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Altitude for middle clouds |
15,00-25,00 |
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Names of Low altitude clouds |
Stratus, stratocumulus, nimbostratus(rain) |
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Characteristics of low altitude clouds |
Overcast ; can cause rain |
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Altitude for low clouds |
5,000-10,000 feet |
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Vertical type clouds |
Cumulus, cumulonimbus(thunderstorms) |
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Characteristics for vertical clouds |
Tall, narrow, puffy; thunderstorms |
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What is the rain shadow effect? |
When one side of a mountain is more green than the other due to lack of precipitation on one side. |
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What are types of precipitation? |
Rain, snow, sleet, glaze, hail |
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What is stable air? |
Cool air; cooler air has denser particles and will sink/resist uplift. Gives little to no clouds. |
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What is unstable air? |
Warm air; less dense particles rise and are bouyant. Can sometimes produce storms. |
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What is hydrologic cycle process? |
Unstable air evaporates-> creates condensation -> craageds clouds -> precipitation -> snowmelt runoff -> surface runoff -> infiltration to groundwater -> ground water flow -> plant uptake -> transpiration |
