Question 1

Study of atmospheric phenomena

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Meteorology

Question 2

Air heated by the surface that stays in place

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Air Masses

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When air masses move, they begin to take on characteristics of new regions

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Air Masses Modification

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Moving particles are deflected to right in north and left in the south

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Coriolis Effect

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Transport cold air to warmer areas and warm to colder areas

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Balance of heat on the planet

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Trade Winds

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Global Winds

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Prevailing Westerlies

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Polar Easterlies

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30 degrees North or South of the Equator

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Trade Winds

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At 30 degrees air sinks, warms, and moves toward equator in a westerly direction

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@ Equator, it is warmed and rises

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Between 30 and 60 degrees

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Prevailing Westerlies

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Pattern is opposite of trade winds

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Between 60 degrees and the poles

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Polar Easterlies

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From NE to SW in Northern

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Cold air

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Narrow bands of fast, high altitude westerly winds

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Jet Stream

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narrow region separating 2 air masses of different densities

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Fronts

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Cold dense air runs into warm moist air and forces it up (steep path)

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Cold Front

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Warm air cools and condenses

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Clouds, showers, and thunderstorms

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Solid blue line with blue triangles

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Warm air runs into cold air and rises up (gradual slope)

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Warm Front

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A lot of clouds and precipitation

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Solid red lines with red semicircles

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2 air masses meet but don't move into each other so boundaries stalls

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Stationary Front

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Small differences in temp and pressure

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Combination of cold and warm symbols

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Cold air overtakes warm air wedging it up

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Occluded Front

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Warm air lifted by 2 cold air masses

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Precipitation common

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Rising or sinking air combinations with Coriolis

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Pressure Systems

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Effect causing rotating systems

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Surface air rises and must be replaced

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Low Pressures

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Air flows in the system

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In the north moves in counterclockwise direction

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Surface air sinks and spread out from center

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High Pressures

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Coriolis causes it to rotate clockwise in North

Question 40

Measures temperature

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Themometers

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Measures air pressure

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Barometers

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Measures windspeed

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Anemometer

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Measures relative humidity

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Hygrometer

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Automatic surface observing system

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ASOS

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