Air Circulation
The method by which the sun heats the Earth.
What is radiation?
A scale for estimating wind speed.
What is the Beaufort Scale?
Process of converting water vapor to liquid.
What is condensation?
Huge body of air with the same temperature and moisture characteristics.
What is Air Mass?
A strong wind that develops at 30,000 to 35,000 feet and moves as a winding road.
What is a Jet Stream?
The shortest day, usually 21st or 22nd of December.
What is the Winter Solstice?
A measure of molecular motion expressed on a manmade scale.
What is temperature?
Amount of water vapor in the air compared to its water vapor capacity at a given temperature.
What is Relative Humidity?
The scale that explains the categories of wind speed and expected damage.
What is the Fujita Wind Damage Scale?
When Sun’s direct rays strike the equator resulting in equal day and night; usually, March 21st or 22nd.
What is the Vernal Equinox?
Winds are deflected to right of intended path in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is Coriolis Force or effect?
Winds blowing toward the side of the plane.
What are crosswinds?
A cloud that touches the ground.
What is fog?
A boundary between two air masses.
What is a Front?
Total energy of all molecules within a substance.
What is Heat?
Air movements toward the equator.
What are tradewinds?
Also known as a downdraft or downburst; very dangerous to flying.
What is a microburst?
Normally white, billowy, puffy clouds.
What is Cumulus?
Air Mass type cA.
What is Continental Artic?
Fahrenheit's boiling point temperature.
What is 212o?
Winds between 30 and 60 degrees latitude that move towards the poles.
What are Prevailing Westerlies?
9/5C + 32
What is Fahrenheit Conversion?
A cloud that produces storms with thunder and lightning.
What is Cumulonimbus?
Air Mass type mP.
What is Maritime Polar?
A parcel of air holding as much water vapor as it can.
What is Saturation?