1. Exam 2 Review – Main Topics
Atmospheric moisture (Chapter 5)
- Variables that describe atmospheric moisture
- Saturated vs. unsaturated air
- Dry adiabatic, moist adiabatic lapse rates
- Nucleation (cloud formation)
- Fog and fog types
- Measuring moisture content

2. Exam 2 Review – Main Topics
Atmospheric stability, clouds (Chapter 6)
- Γd, Γm, Γe and stability, lifting mechanisms
- How air cools or warms when rising or
descending (both saturated and unsaturated)
- How dew point changes with rising or
descending air
- Cloud types

3. Exam 2 Review – Main Topics
Precipitation Processes (Chapter 7)
- Precipitation in warm and cold/cool clouds
- Other precipitation types (hail, sleet, frz rain)
- Measuring precipitation
- Global/U.S. Precipitation distribution