Cooling of the Atmosphere

Question 1

What is the name of the cooling process when a warmer air mass moves over a cooler surface?

Answer 1

Advection Cooling

Question 2

By what means is the lower atmosphere cooled after the sun has set?

Answer 2

Conduction

Question 3

What are the necessary atmospheric conditions for a Nocturnal Inversion to develop?

Answer 3

Calm winds, long nights, dry air, cloudless sky and cold temperatures.

Question 4

Which cools at a faster rate?

Answer 4

Body of land

Question 5

How high into the atmosphere does Radiation Cooling affect?

Answer 5

The first 4000ft of the atmosphere.

Question 6

What is the primary reason for the loss of energy (cooling) in the atmosphere?

Answer 6

Radiation Cooling

Question 7

Environmental Lapse Rate

Answer 7

2C/1000ft

Question 8

What is the term used to describe a temperature increase with altitude?

Answer 8

Inversion

Question 9

Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate

Answer 9

3C/1000ft

Question 10

Saturated Adiabatic Lapse Rate

Answer 10

1.5C/1000ft