Meteorology Cheat Sheet
-Surface and near-surface ocean currents are powered primarily by wind.
-Temperature and salinity are controlling factors for deep ocean currents
-Weather is determined by the conditions in the troposphere
-Energy from the sun is the force behind all weather.
-Mountains affect climate by causing precipitation to fall mostly on one side of the mountain
-The atmosphere is primarily made out of Nitrogen (78%).
-Lowest Albedo = Forest, Second Choice Grass but its Shiney.
-Sunspots are cooler than the corona that surrounds the sun. Its the most outer layer.
-Radio Signals in the mesosphere and the thermosphere are bounced in the Ionosphere.
-The Boundary that separates a moist air mass from a dry air mass is called Dry Line Or Dew
Point Front.
-All Weather occurs in the Troposphere.
-Ozone Layer is located in the Stratosphere.
-Fresh Snow has the Highest Albedo.
-Another word for axial tilt is Obliquity.
-Ocean Currents affect Climate but fronts don’t.
-When El
Niño
happens when weakening trade winds (which sometimes even reverse direction) allow the warmer water from the western Pacific to flow toward the east. This flattens out the sea level, builds up warm surface water off the coast of South America, and increases the temperature of the water in the eastern Pacific.
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Temperature, Humidity, Precipitation, Air Pressure and Wind are the ingredients of Climate.
-Methods of Heat Energy Transferring are Convection, Conduction, Radiation.
Conduction involves heat transfer by physical contact between objects. Convection is the process of heat transmission by the actual motion of the heated body. Radiation is the process of heat
(energy) transfer by electromagnetic waves, without using or necessity of transmitting medium.
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Continental arctic air (cA) is typically described as extremely cold and dry air mass.
-Continental Antarctic (cAA) This too is an exceedingly cold air mass and is drier than its arctic counterpart. -Continental polar (cP) This air is considered
-Temperature and salinity are controlling factors for deep ocean currents
-Weather is determined by the conditions in the troposphere
-Energy from the sun is the force behind all weather.
-Mountains affect climate by causing precipitation to fall mostly on one side of the mountain
-The atmosphere is primarily made out of Nitrogen (78%).
-Lowest Albedo = Forest, Second Choice Grass but its Shiney.
-Sunspots are cooler than the corona that surrounds the sun. Its the most outer layer.
-Radio Signals in the mesosphere and the thermosphere are bounced in the Ionosphere.
-The Boundary that separates a moist air mass from a dry air mass is called Dry Line Or Dew
Point Front.
-All Weather occurs in the Troposphere.
-Ozone Layer is located in the Stratosphere.
-Fresh Snow has the Highest Albedo.
-Another word for axial tilt is Obliquity.
-Ocean Currents affect Climate but fronts don’t.
-When El
Niño
happens when weakening trade winds (which sometimes even reverse direction) allow the warmer water from the western Pacific to flow toward the east. This flattens out the sea level, builds up warm surface water off the coast of South America, and increases the temperature of the water in the eastern Pacific.
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Temperature, Humidity, Precipitation, Air Pressure and Wind are the ingredients of Climate.
-Methods of Heat Energy Transferring are Convection, Conduction, Radiation.
Conduction involves heat transfer by physical contact between objects. Convection is the process of heat transmission by the actual motion of the heated body. Radiation is the process of heat
(energy) transfer by electromagnetic waves, without using or necessity of transmitting medium.
-
Continental arctic air (cA) is typically described as extremely cold and dry air mass.
-Continental Antarctic (cAA) This too is an exceedingly cold air mass and is drier than its arctic counterpart. -Continental polar (cP) This air is considered