The Causes of Weather
The definition "the study of physics, chemistry, and dynamics of atmospheric Phenomena" belongs to what word?
What is: Meteorology
What influences Earth's winds?
What is: Earth's Rotation
Some weather satellites use what kind of imagery to make observations at night?
What is: Infarred
A record of weather data for a particular site at a particular time.
What is: a Station Model
_______ is the long term average of variations in weather for a particular area.
What is: Climate
What are narrow bands of fast, high altitude, westerly winds called?
What are: Jet Streams
What does a Barometer measure?
What is: Air Pressure
The lines meteorologists use that connect points of equal or constant values are called what?
What are: Isobars and Isotherms
What is one reason that temperatures vary from location to location at a certain time of the year?
Why is: Earth's axis is tilted
What events result in the formation of high/low-pressure systems?
What is: Sinking or rising air combined with the Coriolis Effect.
The instrument used for gathering upper atmosphere data is a ______.
What is: a Radiosonde
True or False; short-term forecasts are less reliable than long-term forecasts.
What is: False
What air masses form over tropical bodies of water?
What is: Marinetime Tropical
What happens to warm air during a cold front?
What is: The less dense, warm air, is forced up along a steep slope.
What is the definition of the Doppler Effect?
What is: the change in frequency that occurs due to the relative motion of a wave as it comes toward or moves away from an observer.
What is: a Digital Forecast
What happens when an air mass travels over land that has different characteristics than its source region?
What is: The air mass can acquire some of the characteristics of that region and undergo modification.
What does weather result from?
What is: Air masses with different pressures and temperatures moving, changing, and colliding.
Two important factors of weather forecasting are ______ and ______
What is: accuracy of the data and the amount of the available data.
This type of forecast is based on a comparison of current weather patterns to similar weather patterns from the past.
What is: Analog Forecasts