water vapor
noun
: water in a vaporous form especially when below boiling temperature and diffused (as in the atmosphere)
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According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, atmospheric rivers are streams in the atmosphere that carry water vapors outside of the tropics.
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 19 Dec. 2025
An atmospheric river is a band of water vapor that flows through the Earth's atmosphere and dramatically impacts the amount of rain and snow that falls.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Hydrogen reactions also produce ozone and stratospheric water vapor, both greenhouse gases, and can even influence cloud formation.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
The team found that molecules such as silicon monoxide, water vapor, and aluminum monoxide appear exactly where clumpy dust clouds were seen in the VLT data.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 19 Dec. 2025
An atmospheric river is a band of water vapor that flows through the Earth's atmosphere and dramatically impacts the amount of rain and snow that falls.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Hydrogen reactions also produce ozone and stratospheric water vapor, both greenhouse gases, and can even influence cloud formation.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
The team found that molecules such as silicon monoxide, water vapor, and aluminum monoxide appear exactly where clumpy dust clouds were seen in the VLT data.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Water vapor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20vapor. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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