it absorbs not only the long wave terrestrial radiation‚ but also a part of the incoming solar radiation. Thus‚ it is an important control in regulating the energy transfer through the atmosphere. Water vapour is the source of all clouds and precipitation. Through the condensation of water vapour‚ vast amount of energy is released into the atmosphere in the form of latent heat of condensation‚ the
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Meteorological Phenomena 1) The dipping duck 2) Galileo’s thermometer 3 Light engine 4) Willy-willy 5) Dust Storm 6) Cloud Colour 7) Global dimming 8) Temperature Inversions 9) Sun Halo 10) Water Evaporates below Boiling Point 11) Why sky is blue below 30km & black above 12) Why is temperature max reached after noon 13) Fog (glasses question) 14) Ozone hole in spring 15) What makes mountains in distance appear blue 16) Temperature range with latitude 17) When there is dew‚ there
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weather patterns also affects a human’s well-being exponentially. Due to the alteration of weather‚ the number of droughts and floods will drastically increase. Evidence to this would be how‚ over the past century‚ random and rapid bouts of precipitation have come to be more frequent. Along with these natural disasters come death‚ starvation‚ and a redevelopment and an extended range of infectious diseases. This would be problematic seeing as once a disease settles itself in a community‚ that disease
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1. Is a temperature inversion more likely to form on a calm or a windy night? Why? A temperature inversion is most likely to form on a calm night. Windy nights are not ideal for an inversion to occur since an inversion is considered a stable layer of atmosphere as well as due to the wind mixing the air to even out the density‚ remembering cold air is denser than warm air so it will flow downhill and pool in a valley. 2. What are the various methods used to protect sensitive crops from damaging
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Dominique Bowie Climate Change and the California Wildfires Your Class Instructor name August 13th 20 10 The world around us is forever changing. Things don’t ever quite stay the same do they? Over the year there have been changes in politics‚ traditions‚ and even television. The list could go on and on. With that being said‚ there is one element of the world where change could drastically impact our futures and that of our loved ones. Our surrounding Environment is becoming more complicated
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Noah Goetsch Meteorology 5/10/16 Identify different air mass types‚ their origins and their characteristics An air mass is a large body of air that has uniform weather characteristics. Temperature and humidity play a key part in determining what kind of air mass will appear. I will talk about categories of air masses‚ where they form‚ and what characteristics are unique to each kind of air mass. Air masses are either continental or maritime. Continental is on land and maritime is on water. Maritime
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Snow In A Farewell to Arms‚ Ernest Hemingway attempts to tell the unvarnished truth about war — to present an honest‚ rather than a heroic‚ account of combat‚ retreat‚ and the ways in which soldiers fill their time when they are not fighting. Yet Hemingway’s realistic approach to his subject does not rule out the use of many time-honored literary devices. For instance‚ weather is to this day a fundamental component of the war experience. Hemingway depicts weather realistically in A Farewell
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air parcel descending down the leeward side of a mountain changing shape and spinning faster. Eventually‚ occlusion occurs. The warm sector at the ground is forced aloft creating an occluded front. There is typically a short period of intense precipitation and wind as the warm becomes forced aloft‚ allowing the low-pressure center to then be completely surround by cool air establishing a more stable condition. The pressure gradient and energy weaken and eventually dissipates. 5. Describe why the
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Air Masses There are many components when it comes to understanding different types of weather systems. When it comes to weather‚ many vital parts such as air masses are very important to understand. One might ask‚ what is an air mass? An air mass is a large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture properties (ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu). When there are similar characteristics and temperature and humidity within an air mass this is called its source region. The source region is
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Climate of Bangladesh Climate is the average weather of 30-year time period for a particular region. Climate is not the same as weather‚ but rather‚ it is the average pattern of weather for a particular region. Weather describes the short-term state of atmosphere. The Tropic of Cancer passes through the center of Bangladesh and the country’s climate can be described as tropical monsoon type - warm and humid in the summer‚ dry and cool in the winter. The dominant climatic factor for Bangladesh is
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