Quiz #3 Study Questions
Turn in Monday, March 6 by start of class.
This is worth up to 5 points extra credit towards Quiz #3
- In terms of evaporation and condensation, what does it mean to say that air is saturated?
- Using Figure 4.5, estimate the saturation vapor pressure for air over a body of water with a temperature of 20 C.
- If the dew point temperature of the air is 10 C, what is the actual vapor pressure (use Figure 4.5)?
- Compute the relative humidity for the conditions given in question 2 and 3.
If the air temperature cooled from 20 C down to 12 C,
would the relative humidity increase, decrease, or stay the same?
- At what time of day is the relative humidity highest? Why?
- Explain how each is formed: radiation fog, advection fog, evaporation/mixing fog.
Which form would you be most likely to find in Tucson during the winter?
- What is the name of a cloud exhibiting vertical development and producing rainfall?
- What is the composition of high clouds? Of middle clouds? Of low clouds?
- What does the term adiabatic mean?
- The dry adiabatic rate is about 10o C per kilometer; the moist adiabatic rate is about 6o C per kilometer. Explain why these two rates are different.
Additional review questions (not to be handed in): Ahrens, p. 102 #1-6, 12-15; p. 70 #1-5