Lab 8_Condensation and Precipitation

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METO 1010 Online Lab 8. Condensation and Precipitation Instructions: 1) Type your answers in this Microsoft Word file and save your completed lab on your computer. Do not modify the format of the file. 2) Upload your lab on CANVAS by the due date. To upload the file, go to the course homepage and click on “assignments”. Click on the assignment that you want to submit, and on “submit assignment”. In the “file upload” box, click on “choose file” and select the appropriate file. Finally, click on “submit assignment”. Only .doc, .docx, and .pdf files are accepted. 3) In questions that require calculations, you are not required to show every step of your work, but the more detailed your answers are the more likely you are to receive partial credit for wrong answers. 4) Proper units and terminology are always necessary. 1) Over the next few days, take some pictures of the clouds that you observe in the sky. Insert the pictures below and classify each cloud using the classification system described in the slides. You need to provide the pictures and the classification of at least three different cloud types . (9 points). 1) Altocumulus 2) Cirrus 3) Cumulus 1
2) The following data were collected by a radiosonde (weather balloon) launched in Salt Lake City on January 24 2013 at 12 UTC. Pressure (mb) Elevation (m) Temperature (°C) 878.0 1289 -7.5 850.0 1542 -7.7 820.3 1829 5.0 790.3 2134 6.7 761.5 2438 4.9 733.3 2743 2.0 700.0 3118 -1.5 675.0 3406 -4.3 647.0 3739 -6.9 610.0 4197 -8.9 574.0 4666 -11.9 543.0 5092 -12.1 515.6 5486 -14.1 500.0 5720 -14.5 475.8 6096 -15.4 456.8 6401 -17.1 a) Plot elevation on the y-axis vs. temperature on the x-axis. Format the plot according to your preferences but make sure to label each axis with its variable and units. Copy and paste the plot below. (5 points) 2
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