atsc 113 final exam 2023 with verified solutions

FLYING SECTION: normal clouds correct answers- classified into two categories 1. convective clouds/ cumuliform clouds (Cu) - look like stacks of cotton balls -- are associated with updrafts 2. layer clouds/ stratiform clouds (St) - look like sheets or blankets that can extend hundreds of kilometers horizontally. cumuliform clouds correct answers cumuliform continued correct answers- form when warm humid air rises through cooler surrounding air in the atmosphere - the buoyancy associated w/ the warm air drives strong updrafts - even more buoyancy is created as water vapour in the air condenses to become cloud droplets bc condensation releases latent heat (energy required during a phase change — condensation) - often have flat bases that are somewhat near to the ground (~ 1km above ground) - four types of clouds 1. small = cumulus humilis (aka fair weather cumulus) 2. medium = cumulus mediocris 3. large = cumulus congestus (aka towering cumulus) 4. extra large = cumulonimbus (aka thunderstorms) how do cumuliform clouds form? correct answers- wherever the air near the ground is colder than the ground or ocean-surface.