Condensation
The transformation of water from a gas into a liquid, and the processes that lead to condensation.
Transport
The movement of water through the atmosphere.
Condensation nuclei - Tiny particles invisible to the human eye, such as dust, dirt, an pollutants, provide surfaces on which water molecules can condense and gather into water droplets ...
CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICIT (COND PRES DEF)- On an isentropic chart (a layer of constant potential temperature), condensation pressure deficit represents the amount of lift, expressed in millibars, needed to saturate an air parcel.
Condensation - The change of state from vapor to liquid. The process releases latent heat.
Conditional instability - A type of atmospheric instability where the air is stable if it is dry, and unstable if it is saturated.
Condensation: Change from water vapor to liquid water.
Conduction: The transfer of energy from one object to another due to the random motions of molecules.
CONDENSATION: The process of gas changing to liquid.
CONTINENTAL AIR MASS: A dry air mass originating over a large land area.
condensation: when a vapor becomes a liquid due to some change. Occurs often when the temperature becomes cooler, the humidity becomes greater, or the air pressure changes.
Condensation Process by which water changes phase from a vapor to a liquid.
Condensation nuclei Small particles in the atmosphere that serve as the core of tiny condensing cloud droplets. These may be dust, salt, or other material.
Condensation- the occurrence of vapor transforming into a liquid.
Conduction- the transfer of heat between bodies that are in contact.
Convection- the transfer of heat within a gas or liquid by their movement.
Condensation - The physical process by which water vapor in the atmosphere changes to liquid in the form of dew, fog or cloud; the opposite of evaporation.
CONUS - Continental United States ...
Condensation Funnel - A funnel-shaped cloud associated with rotation and consisting of condensed water droplets (as opposed to smoke, dust, debris, etc.). Compare with debris cloud.
Condensation Nuclei: Liquid or solid particles, such as those in smoke or dust, that provide a surface upon which water vapour can condense into cloud droplets or form ice crystals.
Condensation Nucleus - a particle in the atmosphere, either liquid or solid, upon which condensation of water vapor begins ...
Condensation - The physical process by which vapour becomes liquid or solid; the opposite of evaporation.
Condensation
The physical process by which water vapor is transformed into dew, fog, or cloud droplets.
Continental Air
Mass of air which remains over a continent for several days and which, therefore, has a fairly low moisture content.
Condensation - The change of state from a gas to a liquid.
Condensation - Nuclei Microscopic particles that serve as surfaces on which water vapor condenses.
Condensation The process by which water vapor becomes a liquid.
Conditional stability Property of an ambient air layer that is stable for unsaturated (clear) air parcels and unstable for saturated (cloudy) air parcels.
Condensation level The level above the surface marking the base of a cumuliform cloud.
Condensation nuclei Tiny particles upon whose surfaces condensation of water vapor begins in the atmosphere.
condensation—The change of water vapor to liquid water.
evaporation—The change of liquid water to water vapor.
freezing—The change of liquid water to ice.
CONDENSATION FUNNEL A funnel-shaped cloud consisting of condensed water drops that has possible rotation.
CONDENSATION NUCLEI A particle upon which condensation of water vapor occurs. It may be either in a solid or liquid state.
Condensation- The process by which water vapor becomes a liquid; the opposite of evaporation, which is the conversion of liquid to vapor.
Condensation Nuclei- Small particles in the air around which water vapor condenses.
Condensation
In general, the physical process by which a vapor becomes a liquid or solid; the opposite of evaporation, although on the molecular scale, both processes are always occurring.
Condensation Funnel ...
CONDENSATION
The process by which water vapor undergoes a change in state from a gas to a liquid. It is the opposite physical process of evaporation.
CONDENSATION FUNNEL ...
Condensation Change of a substance to a denser form, such as gas to a liquid. The opposite of evaporation.
cloud condensation nuclei counter"(Abbreviated CCN counter.) Any of several devices that measure the number concentration of atmospheric particles upon which water vapor condenses at low values of supersaturation that are equivalent to those that ...
LIFTING CONDENSATION LEVEL (LCL) The height at which a parcel of moist air becomes saturated when it is lifted dry adiabatically.
Lifting Condensation Level (LCL) It is the height at which a parcel of air becomes saturated when lifted dry-adiabatically.
Lightning A sudden visible flash of energy and light caused by an electrical discharges from thunderstorms.
Condensation
Water vapor will only condense onto another surface when that surface is cooler than the temperature of the water vapor, or when the water vapor equilibrium in air has been exceeded.
Condensation-The process by which molecules of water vapor in the air become liquid water.
Continental (air mass)-A dry air mass that forms over land.
Condensation: Process of transformation of water vapor into liquid water.
Continuous Precipitation: Term applied to precipitation caused by stratiform clouds which persists for one hour or longer.
condensation- formation of liquid water from vapor, either around a small particle or on a solid surface. See dew point, evaporation.
Condensation- The change of vapor to liquid.
Condensation Nuclei- Small particles in the air around which water vapor condenses.
Conduction- The transfer of heat by molecular action within a substance or when two substances are in direct contact.
CONDENSATION - A change of state of water from a gas (water vapor) to a liquid.
Condensation Level
The level in the atmosphere at which a parcel of air reaches saturation.
Condensation Nuclei ...
CONDENSATION FUNNEL - The visible pendant cloud of a tornado. This is caused by air pressure and wind speed changes associated with vortex allowing the vapor in the air to condense into water droplets.
A condensation funnel extending from the base of a towering cumulus or Cb, associated with a rotating column of air that is not in contact with the ground (and hence different from a tornado).
Cloud condensation nucleus: a particle, either liquid or solid, upon which water condenses to form cloud droplets.
Cold front: a zone separating two air masses, of which the cooler, denser mass is advancing and replacing the warmer.
Cause: Condensation occuring in a thin layer of air immediately above the ground.
Associated Weather: None ...
LCL: Lifting Condensation Level.
LDN: Lightning Detection Network.
LST: Local Standard Time.
LIFR: Low IFR Ceiling. Aviation
LLWS: Low Level Wind Shear.
Cloud Condensation NucleiSmall particles in the air on which water vapor condenses and forms cloud droplets.Cloud LayerAn array of clouds whose bases are at approximately the same level.
See blowing spray as a factor in visibility at sea and as a possible condensation nuclei. SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST) The temperature of the water's surface.
Xenia, OH on 3 April 1974, which was rated F5 but appeared only as a series of suction vortices without a central condensation funnel).
Debris CloudA rotating "cloud" of dust or debris, near or on the ground, often appearing beneath a condensation funnel and surrounding the base of a tornado.
Many haze formations are caused by the presence of an abundance of condensation nuclei which may grow in size, due to a variety of causes, and become mist, fog, or cloud. Hazemeter Name sometimes given to a transmissometer.
accumulation (glacial) All processes, which include snowfall, condensation, avalanching, snow transport by wind, and freezing of liquid water, that add snow or ice to a glacier, floating ice, or snow cover.
Visibility reduction in fog depends on concentration of cloud condensation nuclei and the resulting distribution of droplet sizes.
Wedge (or Wedge Tornado): Slang for a large tornado with a condensation funnel that is at least as wide (horizontally) at the ground as it is tall (vertically) from the ground to cloud base.
The physical process by which a liquid or solid is transformed to the gaseous state; the opposite of condensation.
As warm air rises it may cool and reach the saturation point where condensation occurs. This process releases energy to the atmosphere (at the rate of 585 calories per gram of water).
A rotating "cloud" of dust or debris, near or on the ground, often appearing beneath a condensation funnel and surrounding the base of a tornado.
cloud formation: cloud-condensation nuclei, cloud droplets
For condensation to occur at the dew point water vapor needs a surface to condense on.
However, it will be obvious from the description (above) relating to condensation trails, that the heat outflow must markedly outweigh the injection of water vapour from the spent fuel, and the phenomenon is rare.
The term implies both poleward displacement of the cyclone and the conversion of the cyclone's primary energy source from the release of latent heat of condensation to baroclinic (the temperature contrast between warm and cold air masses) processes.
Any substance that has an affinity for water, thereby enhancing condensation of water vapor.
Hydrometeor Any product of condensation or sublimation of atmosphere vapor, whether formed in free atmosphere or at the Earth's surface; also any water particles blown by the wind from the Earth's surface.
Heat is added to the air through condensation of water vapour (latent heat) thus reducing the rate at which the air cools.
Latent heat - heat given off by condensation, or absorbed by evaporation, of water.
Lightning - a giant electrical spark jumping between clouds or between a cloud and the ground.
evaporation: the process by which an element changes phase from a liquid to a gas; the opposite of condensation.
Hurricanes are driven by the heat released by condensation of water vapour, and depend on a warm ocean surface to give them lots of water vapor.
 See also: Air, Surface, Water, Cloud, Temperature
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