Transcript Meteorology Test Review

Meteorology Test Review
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Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
decrease
increase
decrease
Weather/clouds
Ozone layer
Burns up meteors
Thermosphere
increase
Satellites/space station
Troposphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Westerlies
Clockwise – to the right
Trade winds; Polar easterlies
The uneven heating of the Earth causes movement of air
through convection.
Coriolis Effect
dry
wet
cool
warm
front
Surface currents, upwelling, and density currents
Wind and the Coriolis Effect
Temperature and Salinity (Salt)
It would be cooler and drier.
Because the cold water current would insulate (or cool) the coast; and drier
the cooler air coming from the cold water current doesn’t hold as much water.
Cold air is more dense
Cold air causes the water vapor in
the air to condense and turn back into liquid.
Cold Fronts
Because of the large temperature difference when the air masses meet. Cold air is
“stronger” than warm air.
Warm Fronts
There is not as large of a temperature difference and the warm air is not as
dense and “strong” as the cold air.
Doppler Radar
It can also be used to approximate
wind speed.
When the air has reached the point where it holds as much water
vapor as possible, and then the temperature decreases. Then the
air cannot hold as much moisture, so condensation occurs and
dew is formed.
the Sun
No. Because warm air is less dense, and therefore rises. So the
downstairs would not get warm, because the warm air will rise
and stay upstairs.
Land heats more rapidly than
the water, which causes the
air to heat and rise, thus
creating an area of low
pressure.
At night, the ocean cools more
slowly than the and, so it
heats the air above it, which
causes the air to rise and
creates a low pressure area.