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Subject:
Weather and Climate
Category: Science > Earth Sciences Asked by: waynicemoves-ga List Price: $2.50 |
Posted:
23 May 2005 12:08 PDT
Expires: 22 Jun 2005 12:08 PDT Question ID: 524703 |
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Subject:
Re: Weather and Climate
From: hfshaw-ga on 24 May 2005 09:42 PDT |
See the second figure on the webpage at <http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/atmosphere/q0111.shtml>, which discusses this question in the context of the formation of contrails. The principle, however, is applicable to the mixing of any two air masses, regardless of their origin. Because of the curvature of the saturated water vapor pressure vs temperature curve, it is possible to pick two air masses with temperatures and partial pressures of water that are unsaturated (i.e., lie below the saturation curve), but a mixture of these air parcels (which must lie on a straight line connecting the two points in the vapor-pressure vs T plot) can plot *above* the saturation curve. |
Subject:
Re: Weather and Climate
From: hfshaw-ga on 24 May 2005 12:17 PDT |
As noted in the web page I pointed to in my previous comment, contrails are an example of this phenomenon. In terms of weather, the type of fog known as "mixing fog" or "steam fog" forms by mixing of warm humid air with cold dry air. See <http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse?s=m&p=46> for a definition. (The "fog" that forms when you breath out on a cold day is a micro-version of this.) Do a web search on "mixing fog" and you'll find numerous references. |
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