ERAU WW WEAX201Module 3: Ch 5-6 NAME:____________________________1. What types of fog are common in the local area?2. On a night with the following conditions, would we expect fog? Why or Why not?T=65, DP=65, wind speed=10mph3. What is an adiabatic process? Explain what we mean when we say a parcel of air is cooled adiabatically? 4. Explain the importance of aerosols suspended in the atmosphere in the process of condensation and the formation of droplets (see page 109).5. What is the naming convention for clouds?6. What is the dry adiabatic lapse rate? (At what rate (in degrees C per kilometer rise in altitude) does a parcel of air, in which no condensation is occurring, cool as it ascends upward?)7. What is the moist adiabatic lapse rate? (At what rate (in degrees C per kilometer rise in altitude) does a parcel of air that is saturated, in which condensation is taking place, cool as it ascends upward?)8. The environmental lapse rate is the actual lapse rate (the rate the atmosphere cools with height) measured on a particular day using a weather balloon (rawinsonde). Draw below an example of day where the environmental lapse rate is absolutely unstable (HINT: you will need to draw and label 3 lines as shown in class and in the text): 9. Are inversions stable or unstable layers? What happens when a growing cumulus cloud reaches the altitude of a temperature inversion? 10. How can we determine where the cloud base will
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