Why does humid air rise? How can the addition of water vapor make it lighter? When I take a dishrag and wet it, it gets heavier; how can I take a parcel of air, add water, and thereby make it lighter? This is all nonsense! (I suppose this lesson should have come before the one [...]
Posts Tagged ‘drops’
Why humid air rises
Posted in Meteorology, tagged drops, fog, humidity, Orders of magnitude in weather, vapor on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Adventures with a Drop
Posted in Meteorology, tagged drops, lightning, volcano, weather books on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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