geo 155 exam 1
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3 things that happen to solar radiation when hits earths atmosphere -
-absorbed, direct radiation, scatters
3 ways energy moves from surface to atmosphere - ✅✅-convection,
conduction, latent heat transfer
4 mechanisms for lifting air (uplift) - ✅✅-orographic
frontal
dynamic
convective
actual humidity -✅✅-how much vapor is actually in the air
adiabatic cooling - ✅✅-most effective
lower temperatures lift air molecules to low pressure, allowing for it to expand
lower temps from rising molecules allow for lower saturation level- clouds form
advection - ✅✅-type of fog formed from horizontal wind movement over cool
ground
albedo - ✅✅-% of SW radiation that reflects
depends on color of wave
lgiht-high dark-low
✅✅-winds spiral out of center of high pressure
anti cyclone -
atmospheric pressure - ✅✅-force exerted against a surface by the weight of
the air above the surface
measured by barometer
, circumpolar vortex - ✅✅-Spinning power around the poles within winds aloft,
blowing west to east
closed isobars - ✅✅-show centers of high and low pressure on a map
conduction - ✅✅-molecule to molecule transfer
convection - ✅✅-transfer by a flow of liquid or gas
coriolis effect - ✅✅-A force that affects objects moving through atmosphere
because of earth's spin
deflection increases with velocity and latitude
north- spins right
south-spins left
counter radiation - ✅✅
-earth emits long wave and it is absorbed by atmosphere
but then atmosphere reflects it back to earth
cyclone -✅✅-wind spiraling toward center of low pressure
dew point temperature - ✅✅-the point at which air will be saturated determined
by temperature
diabatic cooling - ✅✅
-warm air moves over cold land
decreasing the temp decreases saturation humidity, getting it closer to dew point
doldrums - ✅✅ -equatorial region of atlantic ocean with calms, sudden storms,
and light unpredictable winds
dry ALR - ✅✅-1C/100
easterly trades - ✅✅-blow from subtropical high pressure towards the equator,
most reliable winds on earth
elliptical orbit - ✅✅-earth takes 365.25 days to travel around sun
✅✅
3 things that happen to solar radiation when hits earths atmosphere -
-absorbed, direct radiation, scatters
3 ways energy moves from surface to atmosphere - ✅✅-convection,
conduction, latent heat transfer
4 mechanisms for lifting air (uplift) - ✅✅-orographic
frontal
dynamic
convective
actual humidity -✅✅-how much vapor is actually in the air
adiabatic cooling - ✅✅-most effective
lower temperatures lift air molecules to low pressure, allowing for it to expand
lower temps from rising molecules allow for lower saturation level- clouds form
advection - ✅✅-type of fog formed from horizontal wind movement over cool
ground
albedo - ✅✅-% of SW radiation that reflects
depends on color of wave
lgiht-high dark-low
✅✅-winds spiral out of center of high pressure
anti cyclone -
atmospheric pressure - ✅✅-force exerted against a surface by the weight of
the air above the surface
measured by barometer
, circumpolar vortex - ✅✅-Spinning power around the poles within winds aloft,
blowing west to east
closed isobars - ✅✅-show centers of high and low pressure on a map
conduction - ✅✅-molecule to molecule transfer
convection - ✅✅-transfer by a flow of liquid or gas
coriolis effect - ✅✅-A force that affects objects moving through atmosphere
because of earth's spin
deflection increases with velocity and latitude
north- spins right
south-spins left
counter radiation - ✅✅
-earth emits long wave and it is absorbed by atmosphere
but then atmosphere reflects it back to earth
cyclone -✅✅-wind spiraling toward center of low pressure
dew point temperature - ✅✅-the point at which air will be saturated determined
by temperature
diabatic cooling - ✅✅
-warm air moves over cold land
decreasing the temp decreases saturation humidity, getting it closer to dew point
doldrums - ✅✅ -equatorial region of atlantic ocean with calms, sudden storms,
and light unpredictable winds
dry ALR - ✅✅-1C/100
easterly trades - ✅✅-blow from subtropical high pressure towards the equator,
most reliable winds on earth
elliptical orbit - ✅✅-earth takes 365.25 days to travel around sun
