THE 3 forms of heat loss from an object or surface at earth's surface are...

[Derek]

(04-05-2012 05:42 AM)Climate Realist Wrote:  This statement is also not quite true:-

"Evaporation and vapourisation are often used interchangeably, but are in fact different "terms". Evaporation happens when water boils, but the vapourisation of fluid water can happen at any temperature between 0C and 100C."

Not really, a liquid can evaporate at any temperature that is has a vapour pressure at, and with decreased pressure the evaporation rate increases! Evaporation does not just occur at boilling point! You have actually got the terms the wrong way round as vapourisation can be an instant change from liquid to gas and evaporation of a liquid happens gradually.

I quite agree that part is incorrect and badly worded, I had meant to remove it.
I will do so tomorrow, or asap, and reload the pdf without that section.
7th April 2012 - pdf now edited and version in post 1 of this thread is the corrected pdf.
Thank you for pointing it out.