Processes driving change in magnitude of water stores: evaporation, condensation, cloud formation, causes of precipitation and cryospheric processes
Specific physical processes move water between stores, making each store grow or shrink. These processes include evaporation, condensation, precipitation and the freezing or melting of ice.
Real World
Orographic precipitation along Norway's west coast produces over 3,000 mm of rainfall annually as moist Atlantic air is forced upward over the Scandinavian mountains, cooling and condensing as it rises.
Exam Focus
Name the specific type of precipitation cause (convectional, orographic, frontal) — generic answers about 'rain forming' score poorly.
Essay Framework
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