Chapter 5 - Condensation: Dew, Fog, and Clouds

Index of Lecture Notes

• formation of dew and frost
• cloud condensation nuclei- relative sizes
• sizes and types of CCN
• formation of haze
• fog formation - introduction
  • radiation fog - conduction of heat to ground
  • radiation fog, temp cools to dew point
  • advection fog - westerlies and cold current
  • advection fog - warm parcel moves over cold water
  • advection fog - parcel cools to Td
  • advection fog - forms and moves inland
  • upslope fog - topography
  • upslope fog - parcel cools as it gains elevation
  • upslope fog - parcel cools to Td
  • steam fog - cold air over warm lake
  • steam fog - heat conducts from warm lake to cold air
  • steam fog - warm moist air rises via convection
  • where is all the foggy weather around the country?
• cloud types - introduction
  • high clouds
    • cirrus
    • cirrostratus
    • cirrocumulus
  • middle clouds
    • altocumulus
    • altostratus
  • low clouds
    • stratus
    • nimbostratus
    • stratocumulus
  • vertically developed clouds
    • cumulus
    • cumulonimbus
  • Summary of Cloud Types
  • other types of clouds
    • scud
    • lenticular
    • pileus
    • cap cloud
    • mammatus
    • contrails
    • Pollution-induced
• cloud observations
  • ground based
  • satellite
    • GOES satellites - GOES-E
    • GOES-W
    • Polar orbiters
    • satellite data
• Review Questions
• SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS FOR CH 5
• CH 6 HOMEWORK:  NOTES | PROBLEMS