CHAPTER 3 Picture This. Your Turn

Picture This. YOUR TURN: Explain This Cloud

Picture This. YOUR TURN

Explain This Cloud

1. Question 3.87

   Which of water’s three states is represented by the cloud seen here?

2. Question 3.88

   Why do we breathe out clouds on cold days?

3. Question 3.89

   What is the relative humidity inside this cloud?

4. Question 3.90

   What evidence is there that net evaporation is happening outside the cloud?

CHAPTER 3 Further Reading

1. Burt, Christopher. Extreme Weather: A Guide and Record Book. New York: Norton, 2007.

2. Fasullo, John T., and Kevin E. Trenberth. “A Less Cloudy Future: The Role of Subtropical Subsidence in Climate Sensitivity.” Science 9 (2012): 792–794.

3. World Meteorological Organization. International Cloud Atlas: Manual on the Observation of Clouds and Other Meteors. Geneva: World Meteorological Organization, 1975.