Key Terms Flashcards
1
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Weather
A
- state of atmo. at a given time + place
2
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Energy budget
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- amount of energy entering a system, amount leaving system + transfer of energy within system
3
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Microclimate
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- climate of a small area
4
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Anticyclone
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- a high pressure system
5
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Jet stream
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- intense thermal wind, found in upper troposphere
6
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Altitude
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- measurement of height, usually given in metres above sea lvl
7
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Clouds
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- formed from water vapour condensing into Ms of minute water particles floating in masses in atmo.
8
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Radiation
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- emission of electromagnetic waves (e.g. X-ray, short + long wave)
9
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Sensible heat transfer
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- inc in T°C as heat is added
10
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Long-wave radiation
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- energy radiated from Earth as IR
11
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Latent heat transfer
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- movement of energy within substances
12
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Convection
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- transfer of heat by movement of a gas or liquid
13
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Dew
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- pptn in form of moisture collecting on ground
14
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Greenhouse gases
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- (e.g. water vapour, CO2, methane + CFCs) allow short-wave radiation from sun to pass through atmo. + heat up Earth
- trap inc. proportion of out-going long-wave radiation from Earth
15
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Conduction
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- transfer of heat by contact
