The following are a list of potentially useful words that we have used during the course of the semester.  Remember that
the final will be comprehensive in nature, but will emphasis the last half of the semester.  This word bank is not complete
and may contain words that will not be on the final.

6.5°C/1000m

Absolute humidity

Adiabatic temperature change

Advection fog

Analog method

Antarctic Circle

Anticyclone

Anticyclonic flow

Arctic Circle

Aurora

Aurora australis

Aurora borealis

Banded Iron Formation (BIF)

Barometer

Bergeron process

Bimetallic strip

Calorie

Celsius

Centigrade

Centrifugal force

Circumzenith arc

Cirrus

Climate

Cloud droplet

Collision-coalescence

Composition of the atmosphere

Compositional structure of the atmosphere

Condensation

Condensation nuclei

Conduction

Convection

Convergence

Cooling degree-day

Cooling fog

Coriolis force

Cumulus

Cyclone

Cyclonic flow

D, E, F, layers

Dendrochronology

Deposition

Development

Dew point

Divergence

Doldrums

Eccentricity

Electromagnetic spectrum

Environmental lapse rate

Equator

Evaporation

Evaporation fog

Evolution of the atmosphere

Exosphere

Eye

Eye-wall

Fahrenheit

Flooding

Fog

Freezing

Friction

Frontal fog

Geostationary satellite

Geostrophic wind

Global warming

Gravity

Greenhouse effect

Hadley cell

Halo

Heat

Heat island

Heating degree-day

Hertz (Hz)

Horse latitudes

Humidity

Hurricane

Hygrophobic

Hygroscopic

Ideal gas law

Infrared

Ionosphere

Isotherm

ITCZ

Jet stream

Kelvin

Latent heat

Law of conservation of angular momentum

Liquid-in-glass thermometer

Macroscale

Maximum thermometer

Mean temperature

Mechanical thermometer

Melting

Mesopause

Mesopshere

Mesoscale

Microscale

Milankovitch cycle

Minimum thermometer

Mirage

Mixing ratio

Monsoon

Neutral atmosphere

Numerical weather prediction

Obliquity

Organization

Oxygen isotope

Persistence forecasting

Polar satellite

Precession

Pressure

Pressure gradient force

Prognostic charts

Psychrometer

Radiation

Radiation fog

Rainbow

Raindrop

Range of temperature

Reflection

Refraction

Relative humidity

ROY G BIV

Saffir-Simpson scale

Saturation

Specific heat

St. ElmoÕs Fire

Stable atmosphere

Statistical forecasting method

Steam fog

Stefan-Boltzman Law

Storm surge

Stratopause

Stratosphere

Stratus

Sublimation

Supercooled water

Synoptic weather forecasting

Synoptic weather map

Temperature

Thermal structure of the atmosphere

Thermal wind

Thermograph

Thermosphere

Tornado

Trend forecasting

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

Tropical disturbance

Tropical storm

Tropical wave

Tropopause

Troposphere

Typhoon

Ultraviolet

Unstable atmosphere

Upslope fog

Vapor pressure

Varves

Visible light

Warning

Watch

Wavelength

Weather

Weather modification

Wein's Law

Wind