GPHY 102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Stratus Cloud, Puffy Amiyumi, Cumulonimbus Cloud
24 Jan 2017
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Chapter 6 : atmospheric moisture and precipitation: the hydrosphere includes all the water on the earth in all its forms. 97. 2% of all water is ocean water: a total of 2. 8% is freshwater: 2. 15% ice, 2. 63% groundwater, and 0. 02% in lakes, rivers, soil, & atmosphere, the movements of water among the great global reservoirs constitute the hydrologic cycle. Evaporation occurs when liquid water changes to vapor and enters the atmosphere. The highest evaporation rates are over tropical oceans. Water then condenses/sublimates and falls to earth as precipitation (i. e. , rain, hail, or snow). Precipitation is 4x greater over the oceans. The highest precipitation rates are along the itcz. Precipitation that falls on land surfaces can follow one of three pathways: It can evaporate and return to the atmosphere as water vapor. It can sink into the soil and into the underlying rock layers, where it is stored as groundwater.
