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Weather & Climate

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By: Fiona Kirkpatrick
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Decks in this class (19)

Troposphere
Why is all weather found in the t...,
How does the jet stream work,
What mass of the atmosphere is co...
5  cards
Stratosphere
Why does temperature increase wit...,
Why is there very little weather ...,
Why does the stratosphere absorb uv
3  cards
Mesosphere
How does temperature change with ...,
Why does temperature change with ...
2  cards
Thermosphere
What does the thermosphere contain,
What does the ionosphere do,
How does the temperature in the t...
5  cards
Atmospheric heat budget
What is the atmospheric heat budget,
What are the primary inputs to the,
What are the primary outputs to t...
6  cards
Global Atmospheric Circulation
If the equator continually reciev...,
What happens at high pressure,
What happens at low pressure
9  cards
Ocean circulation
What are ocean currents,
How do ocean currents regulate gl...,
How do ocean currents regulate th...
5  cards
Continentality
What is continentality,
What conditions do in land areas ...,
What conditions do coastal areas ...
4  cards
Altitude
Why does temperature deeacrease w...,
Fact to show how temperature decr...,
How does precipitation change wit...
3  cards
Major climactic types
Mediterranean,
Savannah,
Temperate
5  cards
Seasonal Variation in the ITCZ - FINISH
What does itcz stand for,
What is the itcz,
What is the itcz characterised by
5  cards
Monsoon Season
What is a monsoon season,
How much of the worlds population...,
What causes monsoons
4  cards
The UK
Does continentality affect the uk,
Does altitude affect the uk,
What is an air mass
10  cards
El Nino & La Nina
What are the normal conditions ov...,
What is la nina,
What is el nino
7  cards
Extreme Weather
G,
G,
When and where was typhoon haiyan
26  cards
Impacts of human activities of the atmosphere
How do urban areas affect tempera...,
Why do urban areas increase tempe...,
How do urban areas affect precipi...
14  cards
Strategies to reduce the impacts of urban heat islands
By 2050 how many people could fac...,
How many deaths did the 2003 heat...,
How can cities be designed to red...
12  cards
Urban air pollution
What percentage of the world s po...,
How many deaths did pm25 cause gl...,
What percentage of pm25 deaths di...
22  cards
Climate change
What will happen to boreal forest,
What will happen to tropical oceans,
What will happen to tropical rain...
26  cards

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