Earth's climate extremes are moderated by circulation patterns in the oceans and the atmosphere that move heat from the tropics pole wards. Warm tropical waters evaporate and are moved by currents in the upper atmosphere to mid-latitudes where the water vapor cools, condenses, and falls as rain. a) How much heat energy is released to the upper atmosphere in the mid-latitudes when a vaporous mass of .034g of water condenses into a raindrop? b) After it forms, the temperature of the raindrop falls another 13C. How much more energy is released to the atmosphere in this process? The latent heat of fusion for water is 33.5*104 J/kg The latent heat of vaporization of water is 22.6 *105 J/kg The specific heat of water is 4186 J/(kgC)
Earth's climate extremes are moderated by circulation patterns in the oceans and the atmosphere that move heat from the tropics pole wards. Warm tropical waters evaporate and are moved by currents in the upper atmosphere to mid-latitudes where the water vapor cools, condenses, and falls as rain.
a) How much heat energy is released to the upper atmosphere in the mid-latitudes when a vaporous mass of .034g of water condenses into a raindrop?
b) After it forms, the temperature of the raindrop falls another 13C. How much more energy is released to the atmosphere in this process?
The latent heat of fusion for water is 33.5*104 J/kg
The latent heat of vaporization of water is 22.6 *105 J/kg
The specific heat of water is 4186 J/(kgC)
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