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Earth Science Unit 1
This is a consolidation on Weather.
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Undergraduate 1
05/03/2011

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Term
Orographic Lifting
Definition
air is forced up and over mountains.
Term
Frontal Wedging
Definition
where cold air meets warm air. The warm air will be forced up.
Term
Convective lifting
Definition
The sun heats the surface and the heated air above it rises.
Term
Convegence
Definition
When winds from two directions meet and the only way to go is up.
Term
Cirrus clouds
Definition
Whispy or light, made up of tiny ice crystals.
Term
Cumulus Clouds
Definition
Puffballs, flat base.
Term
Stratus Clouds
Definition

Sheet/Layers, no separate clouds.

(low level layers)

Term
Cirrocumulus
Definition

High Level, thin puff balls

 

Term
Cirrostratus
Definition
High level, very thin layers
Term
Alto Cumulus Clouds
Definition

mid level, puff balls

(more dense than cirrocumulus)

Term
Alto
Definition
Mid
Term
Alto Stratus
Definition

Mid Level

 

Thin Sheets

Term
Stratos Cumulus Clouds
Definition
Low level of fused cumulus clouds
Term
Nimbostratus Clouds
Definition

Low level, usually very dark

(bring precepitation)

 

Term
Clouds of Vertical Developement
Definition

Clouds that do not fit into one height

 

Cirrus HIGH

Alto MID

Strato LOW

Term
Cumulonimbus Clouds
Definition
Product of growth of cumulus, which can form huge thunderheads.
Term
Fog
Definition
Cloud that forms near or at ground level
Term
Snow
Definition
Ice Crystals or Aggregates
Term
Sleet
Definition
Frozen Rain Drops
Term
Hail
Definition
Larger pieces of ice formed in cumulonimbus clouds.
Term
Frost/Rime
Definition
Deposits of ice crystals that form on could surfaces.
Term
Glaze
Definition

When rain freezes as it hits a surface forming a coat of ice on it.

 

(AKA BLACK ICE ON ROADS)

Term
 Barometer
Definition
Measures Air Pressure
Term
Falling air preassure means...
Definition
Increase in cloudiness and precipitation.
Term
Rising Air Pressure means...
Definition
Clearning condition.
Term
Heating Air...
Definition
Lowers Pressure.
Term
Cooling Air...
Definition
Raises Pressure.
Term
Isobars
Definition
Lines that connect areas of equal pressure.
Term
Stationary Fronts
Definition
Sometimes mases move parallel to each other, so the front doesnt move.
Term
Occluded Front
Definition
This happens when cold air over takes and twist under warmer air.
Term
Fujita Scale
Definition

Based on damage and approximate wind speed.

 

(tornado scale)

Term
Tropical Depression
Definition

(a low pressure system)

 

wind speeds under 38 mph

Term
Tropical Storm
Definition
Wind speed 38 to 74 mph
Term

Tropical Cyclone

(hurricane)

Definition

Wind speeds greater than 74mph

 

Rotory Circulation

Term
Where Tropical Storms Normally Form...
Definition

Between 5 and 20 degrees N and S

 

(except in South Alantic and Eastern South Pacific)

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