Jet Streams
Jet Streams
Jet Streams
Bergeron process, named after the British meteorologist who suggested it, Is
probably the more important process for the initiation of the precipitation.
This process involves clouds that contain ice crystals in their upper portions
and have become super cooled in their lower portions. Mixing or agitation of
the clouds allows the ice crystals to come into contact with the super cooled
vapor. Acting as the nuclei, the ice crystals grow larger from the condensing
vapor. The ice crystals melt into large droplets in the lower portion of the
clouds and coalesce to fall as precipitation. Air currents are the normal
mixing agents.
● CONVECTIONAL PRECIPITATION
- is a result of convection cycles. This type of precipitation
predominantly occurs in the summer, because the localized heating is required
to initiate the convection cycle.
● OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION
-arises when air is forced to rise because of land forms, such as
mountain ranges. The wind blows along the surface of the earth and ascends
along geographical variations.
●FRONTAL PRECIPITATION
-results from the meeting of air masses of different temperatures.
Moving warm air flows up and over the cooler air because the warm air is
lighter. This ascent is associated with the
After the rain, a rainbow is sometimes seen as a beautiful
atmospheric phenomenon. The colorful are of a rainbow across the sky is the
result of he several optical effects: refraction, the internal reflection and the
dispersion.
Following a rain, there are many tiny water droplets in the air. Sunlight
incident on the droplets produces a rainbow. But whether a rainbow is seen
depends on the relative positions of the sun and the observer. The sun is
generally behind you when you see a rainbow.