Sentences with phrase «specific humidity events»

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Water vapor is thereafter transported by the large - scale circulation, which conserves the specific humidity (the ratio of the mass of water vapor to the total mass in a unit volume of air), except during subsequent saturation events, when loss of water occurs instantaneously to prevent supersaturation [Ed: that would be a fancy way of saying it rains?].

# 2 — Yes, increasing specific humidity was been observed for about 20 years now, and is indeed likely to cause — even to be causing — increased precipitation, especially extreme precipitation events.