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Hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Sandy. http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/mechanics/energy/heatAndTemperature/gasMoleculeMotion/gasMoleculeMotion.html. Conduction. winter solstice. spring, summer equinox. summer solstice. Figure from www.atmos.washington.edu/2003Q3/101/notes.
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winter solstice spring, summer equinox summer solstice
Atmospheric Pressure • Pressure = Force per unit Area • Related to Density
Vertical Distribution of Mass • Density = mass per unit volume • Density decreases with increasing altitude • Figure from apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130
Pressure Change with Height • Like density, pressure decreases with increasing altitude. • It does so at a greater rate in the lower atmosphere
Reaching SaturationPhoto from www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/ ~csk/water.html
Animation of Phase http://www.media.pearson.com.au/schools/cw/au_sch_whalley_sf1_1/int/matter.html