Insolation and Seasons
Continental Polar airmass
What is an airmass with dry cool air
These are two characteristics of climate.
What are temperature and moisture?
Winds are named for this.
The amount of moisture in the air
What is humidity
The feature that has the biggest control on temperature of an area.
What is Latitude
This front does not move.
What is a stationary front?
Temperature that water begins to condense and form clouds at
What is the dewpoint
Air drops moisture on the windward side of mountains as it is forced to rise and cool by the mountains, forming a rain shadow desert on the leeward side of the mountains.
What is the orographic effect?
The direction that weather moves across the United States (hint: ESRT p. 14).
What is West to East?
Differences in air pressure caused by uneven heating
What is the cause of wind
The feature that causes temperature to become lower as it increases
What is altitude
The way that wind blows from a high pressure zone.
What is clockwise and outward?
The process of heat transfer that results in cloud formation and precipitation.
What is convection?
The reason why San Diego, CA has a cooler, less variable climate, while Phoenix, AZ has a hotter, more variable climate.
San Diego is on the coast, while Phoenix is inland.
Wind that blows from the ocean to land during the day, due to differences in air pressure, temperature, and specific heat.
What is sea breeze?