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Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE

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On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 6:25:51 PM UTC-8, Sam Wormley wrote:
> WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE
> > http://www.theweatherprediction.com/habyhints/260/
> 
> > The amount of water vapor in the air also effects the density. Water
> > vapor is a relatively light gas when compared to diatomic Oxygen and
> > diatomic Nitrogen. Thus, when water vapor increases, the amount of
> > Oxygen and Nitrogen decrease per unit volume and thus density
> > decreases because mass is decreasing.
> >
> > The two most abundant elements in the troposphere are Oxygen and
> > Nitrogen. Oxygen has an 16 atomic unit mass while Nitrogen has a 14
> > atomic units mass. Since both these elements are diatomic in the
> > troposphere (O2 and N2), the atomic mass of diatomic Oxygen is 32 and
> > the diatomic mass of Nitrogen is 28.
> 
> 
>    Some people's "Heavy Air Theory" is a complete sham.

The devil is in the details of what they are not telling you:
1) Earth's atmosphere is too cool for steam
2) Their models assume steam
3) The livelihood of many, both in meteorology and climatology, depend on the public not realizing #1 and #2

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WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 20:25 -0600
  Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 22:13 -0800
    Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-01-16 14:04 +1100
      Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 19:13 -0800
        Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-01-16 14:29 +1100
          Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 19:40 -0800
            Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-01-16 16:02 +1100
              Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 21:20 -0800
                Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-16 10:51 -0800
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                Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 08:50 -0800
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    Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-01-16 14:05 +1100
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