Definition of «condensation level»

The "condensation level" refers to the height in the atmosphere where water vapor turns into liquid water droplets (condensation) and forms clouds.

Sentences with «condensation level»

  • Students then use those two data in conjunction with the Lifting Condensation Level approximation, to... (View More) estimate the base altitude of visible (low level) clouds. (nasawavelength.org)
  • Image of Jupiter taken on May 18, 2017, one day before the Juno spacecraft's sixth close approach to Jupiter, taken with a filter centered at 8.8 microns that is sensitive to Jupiter's tropospheric temperatures and the thickness of a cloud near the condensation level of ammonia gas. (sciencedaily.com)
  • This is of course a simplification, but from «your» diagrams it does not seem as if the condensation level is often breached by much, and the tropopause is breached even less. (realclimate.org)
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