Geoscience Part 2

Front 1

requirements for sustained evaporation

Back 1

-vapor-pressure gradient
-source of energy
-mechanism to carry vapor away and maintain the vapor-pressure gradient

Front 2

Dew

Back 2

as the exposed surface cools by radiating its heat, the atmospheric moisture condenses at a rate greater than that at which it can evaporate

Front 3

radiation fog

Back 3

normal clouds, caused by condensation of water in the air.

Front 4

advection fog

Back 4

occurs when moist air passes over a cool surface by wind and is cooled. it is common as a warm front passes over an area of significant snow-pack.

Front 5

orographic fog

Back 5

formed as the air rises up the slope and will often envelope the summit.

Front 6

mean residence time

Back 6

average amount of time that water stays somewhere.
take how much is there and divide by how much goes in or out

Front 7

evaportranspiration

Back 7

the sum of evaporation and plant transpiration from the Earth's land and Ocean surface to the atmosphere

Front 8

runoff

Back 8

the water flow that occurs when the soil is infiltrated to full capacity and excess water from rain or other sources flows over the land