part II

Cards (13)

  • vapor pressure: exerted by vapor with its solid or liquid phases
  • vapor pressure: determined by water vapor in atmosphere
  • Vapor pressure: part of atmospheric pressure
  • saturated vp= e*- max amount of water atmosphere can hold
  • absolute humidity: vapor density- mass concentration of water vapor in air
  • relative humidity: vp relative to saturated vp
  • dew point: temp parcel must be cooled to reach saturation
  • frontal: cold air comes from beneath pushing hot air up
  • orographic: hits one side of mountain usually facing coast
  • convection- hot air hits ground
  • adiabatic cooling: no heat exchange with surrounding air
  • how does climate change affect snowfall?
    snowpack decreases, runoff duration decreases, runoff duration is two weeks earlier
  • climate change affects snow by: less water being available