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This science power point discusses different types of air temperature changes and lifting mechanisms. It covers adiabatic temperature changes during expansion and cooling of unsaturated air. It also discusses orographic lifting of air over higher terrain which can produce rain or snow, as well as localized convective lifting. The presentation finally touches on stability and density differences as they relate to daily weather patterns.
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This document discusses various cloud formation processes and types of precipitation. It describes how air cools and warms during adiabatic changes and how lifting mechanisms like orographic lifting and frontal wedging cause clouds to form. It also explains different cloud types based on height like high, middle and low clouds. Finally, it discusses precipitation types including rain, snow, sleet, hail and freezing rain.
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This document discusses various cloud formation processes including adiabatic temperature changes, orographic lifting, frontal wedging, convergence, localized convective lifting, stability, condensation, and precipitation processes like the Bergeron process and collision-coalescence process. It also covers cloud types like cumulus, cirrus, and stratus clouds as well as fog, rain, snow, sleet, glaze and hail.
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This document discusses various cloud formation processes and types of precipitation. It covers topics such as adiabatic temperature changes, orographic lifting, frontal wedging, convergence, convective lifting, stability, condensation, types of clouds including high, middle and low clouds, fog, cold and warm cloud precipitation processes, and forms of precipitation including sleet, glaze and hail. The document provides explanations of key cloud and precipitation concepts and formation mechanisms.
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When air rises and expands, it cools through adiabatic processes. This cooling can cause water vapor in the air to condense into clouds and precipitate out as rain, snow, sleet or hail depending on temperature levels. Clouds are classified based on their height and physical structure into cirrus, altostratus and nimbostratus clouds that form at high, middle and low altitudes respectively.
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Unequal heating of the Earth's surface causes air temperatures to change without a change in energy. This leads some parts of the Earth to be warmer or cooler than others. When warm air rises and is blocked or forced upward by cooler air, various cloud types can form through condensation. Precipitation occurs through processes like collision-coalescence in warm clouds or Bergeron process in mixed-phase clouds, forming rain, snow, sleet, hail, or freezing rain depending on temperature.
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This document summarizes different types of cloud formation and precipitation processes. It discusses how adiabatic temperature changes and expansion cause clouds to form. Mountain ranges and frontal systems can also trigger cloud formation through orographic lifting and frontal wedging. The document outlines different cloud types from high to low altitudes and clouds associated with vertical air movement. It then explains various precipitation processes for warm and cold clouds and the differences between rain, snow, sleet, glaze and hail.
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This document summarizes different mechanisms for cloud and precipitation formation. It discusses how adiabatic temperature changes cause air to cool and condense as it rises upward or expands. It also describes how orographic lifting can cause the windward sides of mountains to receive more rain, while rain shadows form on the leeward sides. Finally, it mentions how frontal wedging occurs when warm and cold air masses collide at a front.
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