Lecture 4 Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation

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Lecture 4 Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation

Changes of State between various phases of water

Where’s the Water?

Global Hydrologic Balance*

Humidity Definitions

Adiabatic Heating and Cooling

Adiabatic Lapse Rates

Why Precipitation Happens

Types of Precipitation

Orographic Precipitation

Convectional Precipitation

Air Pollution

Author: UCSB