Uw Atmospheric Sciences printable pdf download

Uw Atmospheric Sciences

NAME: ___________________________________________________________

Atmospheric Sciences 101, Summer 2003

Homework #3 – Accepted through end of lecture Thursday, 17 July 2003

***No assignments may be turned in after that time***

1. Humidity

For each case below on the left one or two quantities are listed and you are given how those

quantities change. From that information tell whether the quantity shown on the right will thus

increase, decrease, or if it cannot be determined for certain from the information provided.

(Note: Remember the relationships between water vapor content, water vapor capacity, and

relative humidity and which of these things the different humidity quantities can tell you.)

a. Saturation vapor pressure increases

Relative humidity:

Actual vapor pressure decreases

b. Air temperature decreases

Actual vapor pressure:

c. Relative humidity increases

Dew point temperature:

Air temperature increases

d. Dew point temperature increases

Relative humidity:

e. Relative humidity decreases

Saturation vapor pressure:

Actual vapor pressure decreases

Uw Atmospheric Sciences