Terminology

Question 1

Anabatic winds

Answer 1

Warm winds that blowup a valley slope during the day

Question 2

Aspect

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The direction in which a slope faces

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Berg winds

Answer 3

Hot, dry winds that blow from the interior of SA to coastal areas( AKA foën winds )

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Climate change

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Long term changes to the global climate resulting in unusual and extreme weather conditions

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Anticyclone

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A weather phenomenon defined as the large scale circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure.

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Convergence

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Flow of air into a low pressure system.

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Cyclones

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Low pressure systems. Also called depressions.

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Dissipation

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Decay of a low pressure system or cyclone- when it ceases to exist.

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Divergence

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Flow of air out of a high pressure system.

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Heat island

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An area of higher temperature surrounded by lower temperatures in a city.

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Mid latitude cyclones

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Frontal low pressure cells forming in westerly wind belt from 30° to 60° N/S

Question 12

Moisture front.

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Zone along which warm, moist air meets with cold, dry air and is uplifted. Line thunderstorms occur along the moisture front

Question 13

Polar front

Answer 13

Also called a stationary front. An area where cold air meets warm air.