moisture content of the atmosphere

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• moisture — [[t]mɔ͟ɪstʃə(r)[/t]] N UNCOUNT Moisture is tiny drops of water in the air, on a surface, or in the ground. When the soil is dry, more moisture is lost from the plant... Rainfall affects the moisture content of the atmosphere …   English dictionary

• Moisture analysis — covers a variety of methods for measuring moisture content in both high level and trace amounts in solids, liquids, or gases. Moisture in percentage amounts is monitored as a specification in commercial food production. There are many… …   Wikipedia

• atmosphere — atmosphereless, adj. /at meuhs fear /, n., v., atmosphered, atmosphering. n. 1. the gaseous envelope surrounding the earth; the air. 2. this medium at a given place. 3. Astron. the gaseous envelope surrounding a heavenly body. 4. Chem. any… …   Universalium

• Moisture stress — occurs when the water in a plant s cells is reduced to less than normal levels. This can occur because of a lack of water in the plant s root zone, higher rates of transpiration than the rate of moisture uptake by the roots, for example, because… …   Wikipedia

• Moisture advection — is the horizontal transport of water vapor by the wind. Measurement and knowledge of atmospheric water vapor, or moisture , is crucial in the prediction of all weather elements, especially clouds, fog, temperature, humidity thermal comfort… …   Wikipedia

• moisture — n in coal, that water in and on coal assayed in accordance with standard test methods in which the final step is the measurement of mass loss from a coal sample heated to 104 to 110°C at specified conditions of residence time, atmosphere, sample… …   Coke&Coal Terminology

• Climate of the Arctic — The climate of the Arctic is characterized by long, cold winters and short, cool summers. There is a large amount of variability in climate across the Arctic, but all regions experience extremes of solar radiation in both summer and winter. Some… …   Wikipedia

• Drought in the United States — A farmer and his two sons during a dust storm in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936. Photo: Arthur Rothstein. Drought in the United States is similar to that of other portions of the globe. Below normal precipitation leads to drought, which is… …   Wikipedia

• Controlled atmosphere — A controlled atmosphere is an agricultural storage method. An atmosphere in which oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen concentrations as well as temperature and humidity are regulated. Two major classes of commodity can be stored in controlled… …   Wikipedia

• Dew point depression — The dew point depression (T Td) is the difference between the temperature and dew point temperature at a certain height in the atmosphere. The smaller the difference, the more moisture there is, and the higher the relative humidity. In the lower… …   Wikipedia

• lake — lake1 /layk/, n. 1. a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land. 2. any similar body or pool of other liquid, as oil. 3. (go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.) [bef. 1000; ME lak(e) …   Universalium