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1 Condensation, Clouds and Precipitation. 2 Condensation and Dew Example RW Christopherson. Geosystems 4ed. Figure 7-8a Why does water condense on glass?

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1 1 Condensation, Clouds and Precipitation

2 2 Condensation and Dew Example RW Christopherson. Geosystems 4ed. Figure 7-8a Why does water condense on glass?

3 3 Temperature Inversion and Dew Strahler and Strahler. 2000. Physical Geography. Dew LW

4 4 Ahrens. Meteorology, 7ed. 2002 Frost on a window in winter

5 5 Fog Evaporation Radiation Advection

6 6 Steam Fog over Lake Michigan 1998 http://raf.atd.ucar.edu/~dcrogers/Lakeice/photos/jan13photos.html

7 7 Steam (Evaporation) Fog Warmer Water Warmer, Humid Air Cooler Air Steam Fog

8 8 Ahrens. Meteorology, 7ed. 2002 Radiation Fog

9 9 Radiation Fog Process McKnight and Hess. Physical Geography. 2002 LW 

10 10 ‘Tule’ (Radiation) Fog Aguado and Burt. 2000. Understanding Weather and Climate

11 11 Ahrens. Meteorology, 7ed. 2002 Advection Fog

12 12 What do Clouds tell you? McKnight and Hess. Physical Geography. 2002

13 13 Visual Cloud Classification McKnight and Hess. Physical Geography. 2002

14 14 Lifting by Cold Front RW Christopherson. Geosystems 4ed. Figure 8-10

15 15 Cirrus RW Christopherson. Geosystems 4ed. Figure 7-22

16 16 Thunderhead Videodiscovery: The Atmosphere

17 17 Ahrens. Meteorology, 7ed. 2002 Cumulus Congestus

18 18 Ahrens. Meteorology, 7ed. 2002 Cumulus Humilis (Behind front)

19 19 Lifting by Warm Front RW Christopherson. Geosystems 4ed. Figure 8-12

20 20 Cirrus RW Christopherson. Geosystems 4ed. Figure 7-22

21 21 Ahrens. Meteorology, 7ed. 2002 Cirrostratus

22 22 Ahrens. Meteorology, 7ed. 2002 Altostratus

23 23 Ahrens. Meteorology, 7ed. 2002 Low-Lying Stratus

24 24 Ahrens. Meteorology, 7ed. 2002 Nimbostratus

25 25 Animation of Lenticular Cloud EPOD - Donald Collins, Warren Wilson College

26 26 Ahrens. Meteorology, 7ed. 2002 Mammatus

27 27 Turbulence Videodiscovery: The Atmosphere

28 28 Annual Precipitation http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/wayne/pentad.precip.html

29 29 Precipitation Cloud Droplets Droplets to Raindrops Precipitation forms

30 30 Ahrens. Meteorology, 7ed. 2002 Size Comparison

31 31 Growth of a Raindrop within a rain cloud Videodiscovery: The Atmosphere

32 32 Raindrop Formation Warm Clouds –Condensation –Collision - Coalescence Cold Clouds –Bergeron Process –Riming –Aggregation –(Collision – Coalescence)

33 33 Ahrens. Meteorology, 7ed. 2002 Warm Clouds Collision and Coalescence

34 34 Ahrens. Meteorology, 7ed. 2002 Precipitation in Cold Clouds

35 35 Ahrens. Meteorology, 7ed. 2002 Bergeron Process 1

36 36 Ahrens. Meteorology, 7ed. 2002 Bergeron Process 2

37 37 Ahrens. Meteorology, 7ed. 2002 Riming

38 38 Ahrens. Meteorology, 7ed. 2002 Aggregation

39 39 Snow Crystals and Temperature Yoshinori Furukawa, Institute of Low Temperature Science

40 40 Snow line over West Texas http://epod.usra.edu/archive/images/2005_snow_line.jpg

41 41 Cloud Formation Over Lakes 2/4/02 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=7281

42 42 Hailstone NOAA


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