Precipitation

A desert is an area of the world that is extremely dry. There is not much rain in the desert and officially a desert is an area that get less than 10 inches of precipitation a year. Deserts do not have to be hot, some of the world’s largest deserts are cold which are located at one of the Earth’s pole or in the cold areas of the world. The Hadley cells process is when a large scale atmospheric convection cell where air rises at the equator and sinks at medium latitude, about 30 degrees north or…

an object without coming into direct contact with it” (Graham 1999). Remote sensing is an advanced way to predict global precipitation. Without remote sensing, predicting dangerous levels precipitation would be near impossible. Global precipitation monitoring and remote sensing essentially go hand in hand. It takes a great deal of knowledge and accuracy to predict precipitation that can be anywhere from a couple days out to a couple weeks out. Remote sensing is an advanced satellite technique…

means. This water vapor rises into the troposphere (where most weather phenomena occur) and cools as it ascends. When it condenses, the water vapor become water droplets that form clouds. Then, precipitation occurs and water droplets fall as rain or cool down even further and become snow. This precipitation is absorbed by the ground and used by plants or runs into a river. If the water is absorbed by a plant, the water then evaporates into the air as water vapor from the plants surface. Water…

everything to do with what happens if we are to get precipitation. When the meteorologist calls for an ice storm there is a lot that goes into knowing how and why it will be ice instead of snow. First and for most the earth’s surface temperature has to reach the freezing point of 32 F. This lets us know that anything type of precipitation will freeze once it hits the ground. If the temperature between the clouds and the surface is above freezing the precipitation that falls will be rain instead…

Cloud Fraction map. I think the precipitation levels to be low if the cloud fraction is low. To help support my claim, I looked at the maps and where there is low cloud fraction levels there is also low precipitation levels. I think if the climate was the same at the Amazon River I think the Vegetation levels would go down and that the river would be a lot smaller. I think this because when you look in other places with low cloud fraction levels and low precipitation levels there is very little…

Water is how everyone lives, even plants, animals, and of course humans. Well what is a water cycle? Precipitation is how the water cycle starts, it is how water moves through the earth. The water from the Earth is always in movement, and the Earth's water cycle, also is known as the hydrologic cycle. This describes all the movement of the water, above and below on Earth's surface. The water cycle describes a continuous pattern of exchanged water having the cycle over and over again. Lakes,…

weathering process and the rate of physical and chemical processes forming the different properties of soil. 1. Moisture Moisture content is the quantity of water contained in the soil which can be influenced directly by precipitation and Evaporation. Well, the definition of precipitation is any form of water - liquid or solid - falling…

"The U.S. mainland contains a total of seven distinct regional climates. Understanding the temperature ranges, as wekk as precipitation and other weather characteristics of each one, is a critical piece of determining if a region appeals to you" ( Mussi 4). When looking for a place to live that has hot annual high temperatures, cool annual low temperatures, and minimal precipitation, I believe that Las Vegas, Nevada is the best place to go. Not only becuase of the bright lights and casinos but…

Precipitation averages around 34 inches per year, but ranges from 26 inches in the extreme northwest to as much as 38 inches in the southeast. The pattern of precipitation is seasonal with more rain received during the April to September growing season. Measurable precipitation occurs on about 100 days per year. The number days on which amounts exceed 0.5 inch varies from about 15 days in…

Landforms Introduction In this week’s assignment we are asked to first describe the hydrologic cycle and apply it to where we live. Second we are asked to choose either a glacial landscape or a desert landscape and describe how the chosen landscape is formed and features that are found in the landscape. Then finally relate the chosen landscape to the hydrologic cycle. Hydrologic Cycle and Where I Live For this week’s assignment we were given the task to explain in our own words the hydrologic…