Explain how Scientists obtain and communicate information about our atmosphere
Explaining how air masses form and affect North American weather
Comparing the characteristic patterns of cold and warm fronts
Describing the development of thunderstorms and tornadoes
Describe El Nino and La Nina and there affects on North America
100
psychrometer
What tool is used to measure relative humidity?
100
Air, water vapor and certain temperature
What is an air mass usually made off?
100
Air masses
A front is a boundary the separates what?
100
1200 tornadoes
About how many tornadoes tend to form in North America per year?
100
2-7 years
Between how many years does El Nino and La Nina take place?
200
Air and Gas
An hygrometer is used to measure the humidity of what form of matter?
200
Temperature and Humidity
Air masses are classified by their what?
200
Warm Front
When warm air moves above cool air this is an example of a...
200
Thunder storms
Before tornadoes form, what other type of weather condition happens before it?
200
El Nino
Which weather phenomenon occurs when sea temperatures increase?
300
Used to measure weather conditions high up in our atmosphere
What is an radiosonde used for on weather balloons?
300
mP, cP, mT, cT
What are the four acronyms for the four main air masses?
300
Rain clouds
When cold a front is moving, what tends to form as a result of the warm air above t?
300
Tornado
After the rotation tubes from precipitation is stressed the, the supercell takes the form of what?
300
Southern Oscillation
When hurricanes are reduced in North Atlantic Ocean
400
Weather Satellites
What device can transmit data about atmospheric conditions to Scientist across the country
400
Continental Polar, Continental Tropical, Maritime Polar, Maritime Tropical
What are the names of these four air masses?
400
A stationary front
A boundary between two different air masses that can't move is called?
400
A static electric charge friction from oppositely charged objects
What is lighting? What Causes it?
400
Easterlies
Trade winds from El Nino are commonly know as?
500
Computer models
When making weather surveys, scientists use what types of models?
500
In cold, moist areas over land
Where do maritime polar air masses tend to form?
500
The warm air is pushed upward
What happens to warm air in an occluded front?
500
1. Moisture 2. Unstable air given a nudge 3. Mechanism providing the nudge
What are the 3 ingredients in making thunderstorms?
500
Indonesia
Which country is mostly affected by the weather patterns of El Nino?
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