Scikeyterms1 Flashcards by Cam Gill | Brainscape

Q

lines connecting areas of equal pressure

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isobars

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lines connecting areas of equal temperature

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isotherms

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used to measure temperature

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thermometer

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used to measure air pressure

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barometer

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used to measure wind speed

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anemometer

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used to measure humidity

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hygrometer

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causes an apparent change in pitch

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Doppler effect

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causes wind to curve

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Coriolis effect

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winds between the poles at either 60 degrees North/South latitude

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polar easterlies

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winds between 30 & 60 degrees latitude

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prevailing westerlies

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winds between equator & 30 degrees North/South

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trade winds

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very high and fast winds

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jet streams

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boundary between two air masses

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fronts

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weak surface winds near 30 degrees North/South latitudes

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horse latitudes

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weak winds near the equator

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Doldrums

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cold dense air that displaces warm air

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cold front

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warm air that displaces cold air

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warm front

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two air masses meet, but neither advance

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stationary front

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cold air that moves rapidly and over takes warm front

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occluded front

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winds rotate counter-clockwise (losing time)

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low-pressure systems

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winds rotate clockwise (gaining time)

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high-pressure systems

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large volume of air

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air mass

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area air mass forms

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source region

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short term atmospheric variation

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weather

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long term variations in weather

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climate

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COLD DRY air mass

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Arctic

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COOL DRY air mass

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Continental polar

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HOT DRY air mass

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Continental tropical

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MILD HUMID air mass

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Maritime polar

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HOT HUMID air mass

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Maritime tropical

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movement of thermal energy from hot to cold

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heat

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measure of average kinetic energy

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temperature