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Layers of Atmoshpere
Bottom to Top
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1. Troposphere
2. Stratosphere
3. Mesosphere
4. Thermosphere |
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Top 3 Permanent Gases in the Atmosphere
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1. Nitrogen 78%
2. Oxygen 21%
3. Argon 1% |
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Top 2 Variable Gases in Atmoshpere
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1. Water Vapor
2. Carbon dioxide |
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| When is latent heat consumed or released? |
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During phase changes
i.e. melting, evaporation, melting |
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3 Main Types of Heat Transfer
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1. Radiation
2. Convection
3. Conduction |
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Meteorological Term for
horizontal Convection... |
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In what region of the EM scale
is the Sun's Peak Emission? |
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In what region of the EM scale
is the Earth's peak emission? |
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| How do clouds keep the nights warmer? |
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They absorb Sun's radiation during the day.
This energy is emitted back to Earth during
the night. |
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What causes the day's peak temperature
to be at ~ 4pm? |
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Lag.
4pm is when Earth's radiation exceeds insolation. |
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When condensation and evaporation
between water and the atmosphere
is in equilibrium. |
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| Cloud formed over a rising air mass. |
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| Undulating cloud formed by a collapsed anvil cloud |
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| A lenticular cloud formed over a convecting cumulus cloud. |
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| conditonally unstable air |
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| Level of the bottom of clouds |
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Lifting Condensation Level
LCL |
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| Level where air continues to rise on its own. |
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Level of free convection
LFC |
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| Diameter of average Rain Drop |
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| Size of average cloud droplet |
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| __________ cloud droplets = 1 rain drop |
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| 1,000,000 cloud droplets = 1 rain drop |
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| intensity of rain determined by |
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| intensity of snow determined by |
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| in areas of intense convection |
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| measures atmospheric pressure |
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| measures cloud cover at ASOS station |
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| measures windspeed at ASOS station |
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| apparent force caused by Earth's rotation |
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| upper level winds blow ________ to isobars |
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| In N. Hemisphere, winds blow to the __________ of the pressure gradient force PGF |
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3 cells of convection advection at
0˚, 30˚, 90˚ latitudes |
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1. Hadley Cell
2. Ferrell Cell
3. Polar Cell |
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| Atmospheric Level of Jet Stream (mb) |
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| Atmospheric Level of Low Level Jet (mb) |
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5 Main Types of Air Masses
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1. Maritime Tropical
2. Continental Tropical
3. Maritime Polar
4. Continental Polar
5. Continental Arctic |
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Aleutian Low
Icelandic Low
Siberian High
occur in.... |
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Bermuda High
Pacific High
Thermal Lows
occur in.... |
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Stationary Front
Warm Front
Cold Front
Occluded Front |
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| Cold over taking a cold front in the norwegian mid latitude cyclone model can lead to a(n) ___________ |
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Lifting Index
Used to determine air stability |
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| What does CAPE stand for? |
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| Convective Available Potential Energy |
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| What is considered a "cap" to convection, upward movement in the atmosphere? |
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an Inversion.
i.e. the stratosphere |
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3 Stages of Odinary Thunderstorm
Development |
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1. Towering Cumulus
2. Mature Stage
3. Dissipating Stage |
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Duration of typical single cell
Thunderstorm.... ? |
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| Long Line of Thunderstorms on the mesoscale |
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During the day, air warmed on land rises creating a low.
This draws in a breeze from the sea.
i.e. Florida |
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Cool air from a higher elevation falls down to the lowlands.
(Rocky Mountains) |
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| Calculating Probability of Precipation |
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| Liklihood of Occurance * Area Like to be affected = PoP |
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| The updraft is rotating and is rather self sustaining in a ____________ |
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| rapidly expanding air causes _________ |
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Positive Charge exists in what part
of a cumulonimbus? |
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Negative Charge exists in what part
of a Cumulonimbus cloud? |
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What is used to measure
Tornado Intensity |
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What causes the high frequency of Tornadoes
in the american midwest |
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the moist air of the Low Level Jet
from the Gulf of Mexico |
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| What Direction do Tornadoes Typically move? |
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| What radar feature is indicitave of a Tornado |
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| Minimum Windspeed of a Hurricane ... |
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Minimum Windspeed of a
Category 5 Hurricane ... |
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Shear is ______ for the
development of a Hurricane |
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Highest Windspeeds are found in the ______
of Northern Hemisphere Hurricanes |
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| Name of Hurricanes in the Asian area |
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Most Tropical Storms of the North Atlantic
originate as __________ |
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| Saher Storms in Western africa |
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The Storm Surge of a Hurricane is caused by:
1.
2. |
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Low Pressure over Water
THe friction of intense winds |
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| 3 NWS offices in South Dakota |
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Rapid City
Sioux Falls
Aberdeen |
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| Potential for severe weather leads to ____ |
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Imminent or Occuring Sever Weather leads
to ________ |
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Used for less severe weather
phenomena. |
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winds >40 mph
gusts >57 mph |
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