Chapter 1 terms
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Atmospheric composition |
Climate |
Environmental lapse rate |
Ionosphere |
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Mesopause |
Mesosphere |
Stratopause |
Stratosphere |
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Thermosphere |
Tropopause |
Troposphere |
Weather |
Chapter 2 terms
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Advection |
Albedo |
Antarctic Circle |
Arctic Circle |
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Convection |
Eccentricity |
Electromagnetic spectrum |
Energy |
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Equator |
Equinox |
Greenhouse effect |
Greenhouse gas |
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Heat |
Inclination |
Milankovitch cycle |
Obliquity |
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Precession |
Radiation |
Reflection |
Revolution |
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Rotation |
ROYGBIV |
Scattering |
Solstice |
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Temperature |
Tropic of Cancer |
Tropic of Capricorn |
Visible light |
Chapter 3 terms
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Absolute scale |
Bimetallic strip |
Celsius scale |
Centigrade scale |
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Cooling degree-day |
Fahrenheit scale |
Heating degree-days |
Isotherm |
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Kelvin scale |
Maximum thermometer |
Minimum thermometer |
Thermograph |
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Thermometer |
Wind chill |
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Chapter 4 terms
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Absolute humidity |
Adiabatic temperature change |
Calorie |
Condensation |
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Conditionally stable
(neutral) |
Convergence |
Deposition |
Dew point |
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Dry adiabatic rate |
Evaporation |
Freezing |
Front |
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Humidity |
Hygrometer |
Latent heat |
Melting |
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Orographic lifting |
Parcel |
Psychrometer |
Rain shadow |
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Relative humidity |
Saturation |
Stable air |
Sublimation |
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Subsidence |
Transpiration |
Unstable |
Vapor pressure |
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Wet adiabatic rate |
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Chapter 5 terms
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Advection fog |
Bergeron process |
Cirrus |
Cloud |
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Cloud seeding |
Collision-coalescence
process |
Condensation nuclei |
Cooling fog |
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Dew |
Evaporation fog |
Fog |
Freezing nuclei |
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Frontal fog |
Radiation fog |
Steam fog |
Supercooled |
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Upslope fog |
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Chapter 6 terms
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Air pressure |
Anemometer |
Aneroid barometer |
Anticyclone |
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Anticyclonic flow |
Barograph |
Centrifugal force |
Coriolis force |
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Cyclone |
Cyclonic flow |
Divergence |
Friction |
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Geostrophic wind |
Gradient wind |
Gravity |
Ideal gas law |
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Millibar |
Pressure gradient force |
Standard atmosphere |
Wind |
Chapter 7 terms
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Bora |
Chinook |
Doldrums |
El Niņo |
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Hadley cell |
Horse latitudes |
Intertropical Convergence
Zone (ITCZ) |
Jet stream |
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Katabatic wind |
La Niņa |
Midlatitude jet stream |
Mistral |
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Monsoon |
Polar easterlies |
Polar front |
Subtropical jet stream |
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Trade winds |
Upwelling |
Westerlies |
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Chapter 8 terms
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Air mass |
Arctic air mass (A) |
Continental air mass (c) |
Lake effect snow |
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Maritime air mass (m) |
Polar air mass (P) |
Tropical air mass (T) |
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Chapter 9 terms
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Cold front |
Cold-type occluded front |
Cyclogenesis |
Dryline |
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Front |
Midlatitude cyclone |
Occluded front |
Squall line |
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Stationary front |
Warm front |
Warm-type occluded front |
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