Weather Flashcards
Turbulent layer of atmosphere, clouds storms and rain are found
Troposphere
An example of microclimate
Greenhouse effect
Are of calm found along the equatorial law pressure belt
Doldrums
Cirrus clouds are:
Clouds that contain ice crystals , they indicate warm front
Dry side of a mountain range
Leeward
What is a high pressure center ?
Anticyclone
Cloud is the rainmaker along a warm front
Nimbostratus
Air that has reached 100% relative humidity is _________
Saturated
What is a typhoon?
A type of hurricane formed in the China Sea
Which instrument measures atmospheric pressure ?
Barometer
A storm surge causes______
Much flooding in a hurricane
The part of our atmosphere that contains the ozone layer :
Stratosphere
A low pressure center May be referred to as a ___________ or a __________.
Depression or a cyclone
Precipitation created when air is forced to climb over a mountain range
Orographic
The amount of water vapour present in a body of air
Absolute humidity
Excessive heating of a land along the ocean shore in the summer months results in a
Sea breeze
A large body of air that has consistent moisture and temperature conditions is known as an ____.
Air mass
A white fluffy cloud that may have a dark flat base
Cumulus
Condensed water vapour is ____.
Dew
Instrument that measures wind speeds
Anemometer
Fast moving upper atmosphere air that flows west to east
Jet stream
Incoming solar radiation from sun
Insolation
The gaseous form of water
Water vapour
What is albedo?
The amount of solar radiation absorbed or reflected by a surface
Process of heat transfer from a warm surface to a cooler one
Conduction
Air that has 100% relative humidity has reached
Dew point
The rainy side of a mountain range
Windward
A vertical clouds that may produce localized rain, thunder and lighting and hail
Cumulonimbus
The leading edge of a cold Arctic air is
Polar front
This instrument measures air temp
Thermometer
This gas absorbs large amounts of incoming harmful solar radiation
Ozone
________ refers to the compass direction that a slope faces
Aspect
During summers months along the ocean shores the land cools rapidly at night and the air over the ocean is warmer than the air over the land and this temp results in a ________.
Land breeze
Can be thought of as the first step in the hrydologic cycle :
Evaporation
Curving of global winds
Coriolis Effect
As _________ increases, air pressure and temp decreases
Altitude
___________ refers to the dryness of leeward mountain slopes
Rainshadow
