Sentences with phrase «condensation of water vapor»
Not as much latent heat as is released by condensation of water vapor into liquid water at the same temperature but still a lot.
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So far as I am aware, the process of condensation of water vapor, to form liquid water, is a purely thermal process; not a radiative process.
Cloudy, humid days reverse the cooling from both radiation and sublimation — cloud cover prevents snow from emitting energy, and condensation of water vapor on the snow releases latent heat, warming the snow.
«Condensation of water vapor over forests creates pressure gradients that have been shown to be sufficient to drive winds that bring moisture from ocean to land.»
Yes, heat released by condensation of water vapor weakens ice.
Since condensation reduces air pressure, intense condensation of water vapor associated with evapotranspiration of natural forests creates regional areas of low pressure.
The physical core of this mechanism consists in the fact that condensation of water vapor reduces air pressure via removal of vapor from the gas phase.
Latent heat flux - The flux of heat from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere that is associated with evaporation or condensation of water vapor at the surface; a component of the surface energy budget.
Some of the cooling is offset by the heat released by condensation of water vapor, leading temperature to go down at a rate which is currently a little over 6.5 degrees C per kilometer of altitude.
The reason this warms the surface is most easily understood by starting with a simplified model of a purely radiative greenhouse effect that ignores energy transfer in the atmosphere by convection (sensible heat transport) and by the evaporation and condensation of water vapor (latent heat transport).
-- condensation of water vapor that occurs because of cooling.
Cloud condensation nuclei: Aerosol particles that provide a platform for the condensation of water vapor, resulting in clouds with higher droplet concentrations and increased albedo.
It is also known that the nature and size of the particles are important factors in the condensation of water vapor.
The reason this warms the surface is most easily understood by starting with a simplified model of a purely radiative greenhouse effect that ignores energy transfer in the atmosphere by convection (sensible heat transport) and by the evaporation and condensation of water vapor (latent heat transport).
Hurricanes can be thought of, to a first approximation, as a heat engine; obtaining its heat input from the warm, humid air over the tropical ocean, and releasing this heat through the condensation of water vapor into water droplets in deep thunderstorms of the eyewall and rainbands, then giving off a cold exhaust in the upper levels of the troposphere (~ 12 km / 8 mi up).