Clouds
What clouds are made of
water and dust particles
Doppler Radar
solar flare
Spanish for the niño
El niño
weather event categorized by falling or blowing snow, 30+ kt winds, 1/4m visibility and lasts for at least 3 hours
Blizzard
Clouds composed of ice crystals
Cirrus
Speed at which radar signals travel
speed of light 3 x 10^8 m/s
Term to describe the area between the sun and the earth
Interplanetary medium
The factors that affect the earth's seasonal variation and angle of incidence of the incoming solar radiation
Rotation and Revolution
destructive vortex with the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud beneath a large storm system
Tornado
puffy fair weather cloud
Cumulus
The amount of time the radar takes to transmit one pulse
pulse length
Continual outward flow of charged particles from the sun
Solar wind
Differences in air pressure would cause what?
What is wind.
scale that uses damage to structures to estimate wind speed of tornadoes
Fujita scale
cloud formed at the surface
fog
The wavelength best used for detection of light to moderate rain
3cm
Time when solar bursts are most common
solar maximum
the driving factor in earth's large scale atmospheric circulations
unequal heating of the earth
flash flood
This cloud is large, dark and high in the sky. It is associated with bad weather such as thunderstorms.
What is cumulonimbus.
The ability of the radar to distinguish between two targets at the same range and approximately the same direction of the radar
azimuth resolution
amount of energy manufactured by the sun per second
3.85 x 10^26 watts
the balance of these forces causes cyclonic circulation in the northern hemisphere
pressure gradient force against coriolis force and centrifugal face
elements of severe thunderstorm
3/4 in hail and 50kt+ winds