Climate
Tropical Weather
Tornadoes
Climate Downscaling
100
The country that emits the most greenhouse gases.
What is China?
100
Equivalent to 200 times the amount of energy produced by all the world's power plants in one day
What is the energy released by a hurricane in a day?
100
Tornadoes are rated on this scale
What is the Enhanced Fujita Scale?
100
This is the largest greenhouse gas by volume.
What is water vapor?
200
Earth's most abundant greenhouse gas.
What is water vapor
200
Responsible for the most US deaths associated with hurricanes
What is storm surge?
200
True or False - The intensity/rating of a tornado is typically known while it's on the ground?
What is False. Most of the time, the strength of a tornado is not known until the damage is examined after the fact.
200
Used to increase the resolution of climate and weather forecasts.
What is climate/weather downscaling?
300
The amount of time it takes carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to disperse.
What is 100 years?
300
A long term average of hurricane tracks and intensity
What are tropical cyclone climatologies?
300
True or False - Hurricanes can produce tornadoes?
What is True?
300
Heating and cooling degree days serve this purpose.
What is used to predict a building's energy use?
400
This glacier has retreated more than 7 miles and thinned more than 0.5 miles between 1941 and 2004.
What is Muir Glacier?
400
Organization within NOAA responsible for tropical cyclone forecasting
What is the National Weather Service's National Hurricane Center?
400
True or False - It helps to open your windows before a tornado strikes.
What is False. Wind damage to homes is not related to whether your windows are open or closed.
400
Convection through the lower atmosphere occurs during these.
What is severe weather outbreaks?
500
The year-to-year and season-to-season changes of the climate system.
What is climate variability?
500
The strongest hurricane classification of very low pressure and very high winds
What is a Category 5 storm?
500
True or False - Most tornadoes will destroy or severely damage a single family home or townhome.
What is False? Most tornadoes are EF-0/EF-1 and have enough wind to down trees and pick away at siding and shingles of homes. Unless a tree falls into a home, most homes will have minor damage.
500
This requires eight times the computing power.
What is doubling the resolution of a model?
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