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    Condensation occurs when water vapor in the atmosphere cools and changes from a gas to a liquid. As warm air rises into the atmosphere, it cools, reaching its dew point and causing water vapor to condense into clouds. Clouds form through condensation of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air. The factors that influence cloud formation include surface heating from the ground, air being forced upwards over topographical features like mountains, warm air rising over cold air at fronts, and convergence of different air streams.

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    Condensation occurs when water vapor in the atmosphere cools and changes from a gas to a liquid. As warm air rises into the atmosphere, it cools, reaching its dew point and causing water vapor to condense into clouds. Clouds form through condensation of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air. The factors that influence cloud formation include surface heating from the ground, air being forced upwards over topographical features like mountains, warm air rising over cold air at fronts, and convergence of different air streams.

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    Condensation occurs when water vapor in the atmosphere cools and changes from a gas to a liquid. As warm air rises into the atmosphere, it cools, reaching its dew point and causing water vapor to condense into clouds. Clouds form through condensation of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air. The factors that influence cloud formation include surface heating from the ground, air being forced upwards over topographical features like mountains, warm air rising over cold air at fronts, and convergence of different air streams.

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    Condensation and Clouds

    Formation

    Name: Rizwanullah Fazli Wahid Haseenullah Taimoor Hussain


    Roll No: 08 19 14 09
    Env. Science 4th semester
    Subject: Climatology
    Condensation
    Condensation is the change of water from its gaseous form (water
    vapor) into liquid water.

    Sunlight causes, water to evaporate into the atmosphere.

    This air containing the water vapor is heated at the surface of the
    earth and rises.

    As the air rises, it cools and the water vapor condenses.
    Clouds
    • A cloud is a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals that are
    suspended in the air.

    • Clouds are usually associated with precipitation but most clouds types
    do not produce precipitation.

    • Clouds form when water vapors condenses, or changes from gas to


    liquid.

    • When the air rises high enough into atmosphere, it cools to its dew
    point.
    Cont…
    • The dew point is the temperature at which air must be
    cooled at constant pressure to reach saturation.

    • Dew point is important because until air is saturated,


    condensation can not occur.

    • Dew point is often called the condensation temperature.

    • At high altitudes, where temperatures are very cold, clouds


    are composed of ice crystals.
    Factors Influencing Cloud Formation
    •Factors which influence cloud formation
    are.
    Surface heating
    Topography forcing
    Frontal
    Convergence
    1. Surface heating:
    The increase in temperature heats the
    ground and the air in contact with it which rises and
    forms clouds.
    2. Topography:
    The shape and features of the area can cause clouds to
    be formed. When air is forced to rise over a barrier of mountains
    or hills it cools as it rises resulting in cloud formation.
    3. Frontal:
    Clouds are formed when a mass of warm air rises
    up over a mass of cold air and results in cloud formation.

    4. Convergence:
    Streams of air flowing from different
    directions are forced to rise where they flow together or
    converge.
    The End.

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