Condensation and Clouds

Formation

Name: Rizwanullah Fazli Wahid Haseenullah Taimoor Hussain

Roll No: 08 19 14 09
Env. Science 4th semester
Subject: Climatology
 Condensation
Condensation is the change of water from its gaseous form (water
vapor) into liquid water.

Sunlight causes, water to evaporate into the atmosphere.

This air containing the water vapor is heated at the surface of the
earth and rises.

As the air rises, it cools and the water vapor condenses.
 Clouds
• A cloud is a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals that are
suspended in the air.

• Clouds are usually associated with precipitation but most clouds types
do not produce precipitation.

• Clouds form when water vapors condenses, or changes from gas to

liquid.

• When the air rises high enough into atmosphere, it cools to its dew
point.
 Cont…
• The dew point is the temperature at which air must be
cooled at constant pressure to reach saturation.

• Dew point is important because until air is saturated,

condensation can not occur.

• Dew point is often called the condensation temperature.

• At high altitudes, where temperatures are very cold, clouds

are composed of ice crystals.
 Factors Influencing Cloud Formation
•Factors which influence cloud formation
are.
Surface heating
Topography forcing
Frontal
Convergence
1. Surface heating:
The increase in temperature heats the
ground and the air in contact with it which rises and
forms clouds.
2. Topography:
The shape and features of the area can cause clouds to
be formed. When air is forced to rise over a barrier of mountains
or hills it cools as it rises resulting in cloud formation.
3. Frontal:
Clouds are formed when a mass of warm air rises
up over a mass of cold air and results in cloud formation.

4. Convergence:
Streams of air flowing from different
directions are forced to rise where they flow together or
converge.
The End.