goegrapghy weather Flashcards
what weather instruement measures tempertaure and what units of measurement does it use
thermometer and degrees celcius
what weather instruement measures wind direction and what units of measurement does it use
wind vane and N,E,W,S
what weather instrument measures speed of wind and what units of measurement does it use
anemomter and km / hour knots
what weather instruement measures air pressure and what units of measurement does it use
barometer and millibars (MB)
what weather instruement measures amount of precipitation and what units of measurement does it use
rain gauge and mm
weather
the day to day conditions of the atmosphere includes temperature, sunshine, rainfall and wind
climate
the average weather conditions of a place over many years. For example, tropical countries have hot climates and the artic has cold climate
air mass
an air mass is a large body of air which takes on the temperature and moisture characteristics of the area where it is situated
describe polar martime
it is cold and wet an example is the artic ocean
describe polar continental
cold but dry an example is siberia
describe tropical continental
warm and dry an example is southern europe and north africa
tropical martime
it is warm and wet an example is the azores region of the atlantic
how does it rain
rises cools condenses clouds form then rains
what is relief precipitation
warm wet air travels across the sea air is forced up to rise over a mountain as the air rises it cools and condenses clouds form and precipitation occurs the air descends and warms so there is no condensation and cloud formation this is called the rain shadow effect
martime
air mass travels across the sea and it is moist
