GEOL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Dew Point, Water Vapor, Solar Constant
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Vapor pressure: total weight of water vapor per unit area. Saturation: balance between the number of water molecule entering and leaving the water surface. The higher the temperature, the more water vapor in the air. Temperature determines the capacity of holding water vapor in the air. Dew point temperature: temperature to which a given parcel of air must be cooled for water vapor to condense into water. Temperature indicates the capacity of holding water vapor in the air. Dew point temperature indicates how much water vapor is in the air. If these temperatures are close, relative humidity is high. Vocabulary for exam 1: dew point temperature: temperature to which a given parcel of air must be cooled for water vapor to condense into water. If dew point tem is higher, more water vapor molecules in air, if it is lower, less water vapor in air. Temperature determines capacity of water vapor the air can hold.
