Problem
A. If corrected sea-level pressure at Phoenix, AZ (elevation 1,086 feet above sea level) and San Diego, CA (elevation 62 feet above sea level) are the same, would barometers at both cities be indicating the same surface pressure, and if not, which measured surface pressure would be higher? In a few sentences explain your answer.
B. On a typical summer morning in Chicago the relative humidity is 72% and the temperature is 65 degrees F. If the absolute moisture content of the air does not change in the course of the day, will the relative humidity remain the same, increase, or decrease by afternoon when the temperature has risen to the 80s? In a few sentences explain your answer.
C. If a quantity of air expands resulting in an adiabatic temperature change, will its saturation vapor pressure increase or decrease? In a few sentences explain your answer.
D. If a quantity of unsaturated air is forced to descend to lower altitudes, will its relative humidity increase or decrease? In a few sentences explain your answer.
E. On a particular day the surface temperature is 20 degrees C. at the ground, and it decreases with height to 14 degrees C. at an altitude of 1 kilometer above the ground. If an air parcel is lifted from the ground to an altitude of 1 kilometer and clouds do not form, what will the temperature of the air parcel be when reaches an altitude of 1 kilometer.? In a few sentences explain your answer.