METEOROLOGY Flashcards
exist in variable
water vapor
height of mercury in barometer
atmospheric pressure alone
solar radiation hit surface
half
emitted solar radiation
wavelengths longer than visible light
Temperature increases with altitude
Stratosphere
Sea breeze form because of…
differences of specific heat of land and water
movement of warm and cool air
jet stream
humidity 60%
relative humidity
relative humidity is 100%
dew point
parcel of air move upward in unstable atmosphere
cloud
cumulus
adiabatic air temperature
rising or descending air
Thunderstorm
cumulus
No precipitation
cloud
cirrus
Air mass
remain in land
water for a long time
cyclonic storms in US
eastward
Advancing warm fronts
cloud
Stratus
Northern Hemisphere low pressure
counterclockwise
Tornadoes form from…
Thunderstorm
Accurate forecast is ___ days
3 days
Earth’s climate is based on____
latitude
WATER
human consumption
less than 1%
WATER
how many ocean exist on earth
1
WATER
wave approach shore
refraction
WATER
average salt water concentration
3.5%
WATER
artesian water
under pressure
WATER
precipitation becomes ground water
less than 1%
WATER
volume of all ground water
30x greater
deepest part of ocean
ocean basin
Nitrogen in the atmosphere
78%
Oxygen in the atmosphere
21%
how many water is in ocean
97.5 %
how many percent is freshwater
3%