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| the bottom layer of the atmosphere, where temperature decreases with an increase in altitude |
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| a word used to denote the state of the atmosphere at a particular place for a short period of time. |
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| spinning of earth about its axis |
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| the outermost layer of the atmosphere |
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| an aggreagate or composite of weather |
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| a quantity or property of weather and climate that is measured regularly |
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| transfer of heat by movement of a mass or substance from one place to another, usually vertically. |
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| the fact that earth's axis is not perpendicular to the plance of its orbit |
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| the fact that earth's axis is not perpendicular to the plance of its orbit |
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| in the northern hemisphere, the time when the verical rays of the sun strike the equator moving southward |
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| in the atmospheric layer temperatures decrease with height until approximately 80 kilometers above the surface |
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| the transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves |
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| the movement of earth in its orbint around the sun |
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| transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity |
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| atmospheric layer immediately above the tropopause |
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| Southern Hemisphere, the time when the verical rays of the sun are striking the trop of cancer |
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| The percentage of the total radiation that is reflected by a surface |
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| Refers to the mechanism responsible for heating the atmosphere. |
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| The Norther Hemisphere, the time when the vertical rays of the Sun are striking the Tropic of Cancer |
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