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Lab 8. Condensation and Precipitation
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3) In questions that require calculations, you are not required to show every step of your work,
but the more detailed your answers are the more likely you are to receive partial credit for wrong
answers.
4) Proper units and terminology are always necessary.
1) Over the next few days, take a picture of the clouds that you observe in the sky. Insert the
pictures below and classify each cloud using the classification system described in the slides.
You need to provide the pictures and the classification of at least three different cloud types
. (9
points)
Answers will vary
2) The following data were collected by a radiosonde (weather balloon) launched in Salt Lake
City on January 24 2013 at 12 UTC.
1
Pressure (mb)
Elevation (m)
Temperature (°C)
878.0
1289
-7.5
850.0
1542
-7.7
820.3
1829
5.0
790.3
2134
6.7
761.5
2438
4.9
733.3
2743
2.0
700.0
3118
-1.5
675.0
3406
-4.3
647.0
3739
-6.9
610.0
4197
-8.9
574.0
4666
-11.9
543.0
5092
-12.1
515.6
5486
-14.1
500.0
5720
-14.5
475.8
6096
-15.4
456.8
6401
-17.1
a)
Plot elevation on the y-axis vs. temperature on the x-axis. Format the plot according to your
preferences but make sure to label each axis with its variable and units. Copy and paste the plot
below. (5 points)
-20
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
Elevation vs. Temperature
Temperature (°C)
Elevation (m)
b) Describe the trend in temperature vs. elevation that you see in the data. (3 points)
Temperature increases with height from -7.5°C on the Earth’s surface to ~7°C at ~2000 m.
Then, temperature decreases with height.
c) On that day, precipitation was falling in Salt Lake City. What type of precipitation do you
think was falling given the observed temperature trend? (3 points)
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