Chapter 6 - Clouds & Precipitation Lecture
Chapter 6 - Clouds & Precipitation Lecture
Chapter 6 - Clouds & Precipitation Lecture
Examples of condensation
nucleii include:
Salt particles
Dust particles
Industrial smoke
Volcanic ash.
FYI- Condensation Nucleii
Drizzle
Fine drops of water with diameter less than 0.5 mm
Drizzle may be light or heavy depending on the intensity
of the precipitation
Drizzle falls from Stratus clouds.
Rain
Water droplets with diameter greater than 0.5 mm
Rain may also be termed light or heavy depending on the
intensity of the precipitation
Rain, falls from Stratiform clouds, mainly Nimbostratus,
Altostratus, and Stratocumulus clouds and falls for 1
hour or more.
Shower
Water droplets with diameter greater than 0.5
mm
Snowflakes
These are loose clusters of ice crystals, in very
soft, small particles having branches
End of Chapter 6