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washai

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Follow a parcel of warm, moist air eastward up and over the Sierra Nevada of California, discussing where and why precipitation forms and what happens to the air parcel on the eastern slope of the Sierra.
 
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Pollution generated in one country can cause problems in other countries.
 
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Answer to Question 1

Prevailing winds force warm, moist air upward against the Sierra Nevadas, producing adiabatic cooling, eventual condensation and net condensation, cloud formation and precipitation on the windward side of the range. On the leeward slope, the air descends, compresses, and heats and evaporation dominates, creating a rain shadow.

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