Weather Observation tools
Radar that can recognize non-weather elements and the size/shape of hydrometeors
What is the Dual Pol Radar (2000s)
Station model that features dew point depression, air temperature, height, wind speed, wind direction- also known as a "constant height chart"
What is an upper air map
The 7 elements of weather
What is air temperature, humidity, clouds, precipitation, air pressure, wind direction, wind speed and visibility
Tells the current state of the atmosphere/current atmospheric conditions at a given time
What is weather
Private sector devices shared only between airlines and the NWS
What are aircraft observations
A line that shows equal pressure at the surface (more of these= higher pressure gradient/stronger winds)
What is an isobar
Saturated air
What are clouds
The study of the earth's atmosphere
What is meteorology
The FAA and NWS use these for climatology and forecast validation
What are surface weather observations
Created the hygrometer, what does it measure
Who is DaVinci, humidity
What is wind
When clouds get moisturized, this falls
What are hydrometeors/precipitation
The weight of the air pressure above us
The biggest weather invention from 1960
What are satellites
What did Robinson create
The temperature to which air must be cooled to become saturated with water vapor, assuming constant air pressure and water content.
What is dew point temperature
The thinnest layer of the atmosphere (8-15 miles up)
What is the trophesphere
The gasses that engulf the earth and other planets. Deepest at the equator and more shallow at the poles
What is the atmosphere
Tells the presentation of hydrometeors (if they're there)
What is reflectivity
Cold fronts, "valley of air," storms, clouds, precipitation (type of pressure)
What is low pressure
Where is pressure the highest (in millibars)
What is 850 mb (at the surface)
The amount of moisture in the air that changes with height
What is humidity
The collective state if the atmosphere over a long period of time (30 years)- a study of averages and extremes
What is climate
Contains a thermometer, hygrometer and barometer for a multi-dimensional look at the atmosphere
What are rawinsondes (1950)