EESC 2203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Vapor Pressure, Water Vapor, Atmospheric Pressure
14 Mar 2016
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Ground water flows through pore spaces in soil - air pockets in between soil pieces. Water gets into ground via infiltration - process by which water enters rock or soil. Percolation - movement of water thought a porous medium. Transpiration - process by which plants pass water vapor through membranes or. Evaporation - type of vaporization whereby water becomes water vapor. Evapotranspiration - evaporation within plant stomata, from plant surfaces, and soil. Sublimation - process of snow and ice changing into water vapor without first melting into water: atmosphere structure. The troposphere is extremely dynamic - responsive to small energy inputs from sun, land, and oceans which keep it constantly churning and moving. Half of the mass of the atmosphere is found in the lower 5 km of troposphere. 3: look at gases expected to find in atmosphere. Atmospheric pressure: sum of the pressures exerted by each component gas of the atoms.
