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| the force exerted by the weight of a column of air above a given point |
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| a high-pressure center characterized by a clockwise flow of air in the Northern Hemisphere. |
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| a front along which a cold air mass thrusts beneath a warmer air mass. |
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| the change of state from a gas to a liquid |
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| the deflective force of Earth's rotation on all free-moving objects incluing the atmosphere and oceans. De=flection is to the right in the northern Hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere. |
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| a low pressure center characterized by a counterclockwise flow of air in the northern hemisphere |
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| the temperature to which air has to be cooled in order to reach saturation |
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| the rate of adiabatic cooling or warming in unsaturated air. the rate of temperature change is 1 degree per 100 meters |
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