Atmosphere
Measurement of heat.
What is Temperature?
Unequal heating by the sun of land and water.
What is the land and sea-breeze phenomena?
Moist and warm air over subtropical waters.
What is Maritime Tropical?
Precipitation in the form of rain and snow.
What is Stratocumulus Clouds?
Difference between actual and the dew point temperature.
What is spread?
Elongated area of high pressure.
What is a ridge?
Cold and dry air mass.
What is Continental polar?
Moderate surface winds.
What is Altostratus Clouds?
Lateral movement of air.
What is wind?
An elongated area of low pressure.
What is a trough?
Moist air blown over cold surface.
What is Advection Fog?
Violent Weather.
What is Cumulonimbus Cloud?
Rotation of the Earth affects moving over the surface.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
Amount of water vapor that can enter the air mass before it becomes saturated.
What is Relative Humidity?
Actually a cloud.
What is High-Inversion Fog?
There are three general types of clouds.
What is Cumulus, Stratus, Cirrus?
Centrifugal effect on air moving in a curved path.
What decreases speed in low pressure and increases speed within high pressure?
Ears pop when aircraft climbs or descends.
What is adjustment to the change in atmospheric pressure?
Forms at night, cools air below the dew point.
What is Radiation fog?
The classifying of clouds in three categories.
What is height?