humidity in the air decreases with height from the earth's surface
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Well, there's different types of humidity. You are probably most familiar with Relative Humidity, which reflects the percentage of saturation of the atmosphere. Absolute humidity is the total measure of water in the atmosphere (not percentage of saturation).
As you get higher in altitude, the atmosphere becomes thinner (less pressure). This means that the total amount of water vapour the atmosphere can potentially hold is decreased. So, if it's possible that there is more water vapour in the atmosphere at sea level and 40% relative humidity than at the top of a mountain with 60-70% RH.
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Humidity in the air decreases with height from the earth's surface
Explanation:
- The humidity is an aerial phenomenon and it varies greatly with the changes in one geographic region to that of another and is vertical in atmosphere, as the low lying regions of the world are those with high atmospheric pressure and as the altitude goes in increasing the pressure decrease and so does the humidity or the water vapor content.
- As the air becomes thinner and does not support water contents and can be observed with the formation of clouds in the sky as the air conditions more humidity the clouds are formed readily and lack of winds and stability leads to the development of this near the surface of earth as fast-flowing winds droves away most of the moisture-laden air.
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