HOUR 7.

WATER IN THE
ATMOSPHERE AND
ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY –
PART 1
 OBJECTIVE: TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF:
1. WATER’S CHANGES OF STATE AND LATENT HEAT, 2. SATURATION, HUMIDITY VARIABLES AND
DEW POINT TEMPERATURE. 3.DRY AND WET ADIABATIC TEMPERATURE CHANGES,

2. SATURATION, HUMIDITY VARIABLES AND DEW

POINT TEMPERATURE.

3.DRY AND WET ADIABATIC

TEMPERATURE CHANGES
1. WATER’S CHANGES OF STATE
AND LATENT HEAT,
A. Ice
B. Liquid
C. Vapor
D. Latent heat
1. Melting
2. Freezing
3. Evaporation
4. Condensation
5. Sublimation
6. Deposition
 2. SATURATION, HUMIDITY
VARIABLES AND DEW POINT
TEMPERATURE.
Absolute humidity
Mixing Ratio
Vapor Pressure And Saturation
Saturation Vapor Pressure
Relative Humidity
Dew point temperature
 3. DRY AND WET ADIABATIC
TEMPERATURE CHANGES,
Adiabatic Temperature Changes

Dry adiabatic rate

Wet adiabatic rate

Lifting condensation level

 SUMMARY
• VARIABLES RELATED TO HUMIDITY
• RELATIVE HUMIDITY
• MIXING RATIO
• ADIABATIC PROCESS =
CLOUD GROWTH