Factors Influencing Temperature
Of land and water, this surface both heats up and cools down faster
What is land?
The mass of water vapor per volume of air describes this type of humidity
What is absolute humidity?
Cloud types are classified by this primary characteristic
What is cloud height?
This particle is a required component for cloud droplets to begin to form
What is a CCN, or cloud condensation nuclei?
This molecule is the most common type of CCN over the oceans
What is sea salt?
Oceans moderate weather conditions. This means areas near the coast in the summer will be ______ than those further inland with regards to temperature
What is cooler?
Temperature directly affects the amount of water vapor air can hold. This characteristic describes air that can hold large quantities of water vapor.
What is warm air?
This is what is measured by infrared satellites
What is heat or surface temperature?
This process occurs when larger droplets collide with smaller ones
What is the Collision-Coalescence Process?
The currents on this side of an oceanic basin are cold
What is the eastern side?
The average temperature for a day was 30 F. This is how many heating degree days were accumulated.
What is 35?
65 - 30 = 35
Heat index combines these two factors (give both!) to express the dangerousness of summer weather conditions
What are temperature and humidity?
This is the major limitation of visible satellite imagery
What is that they don't work at night?
This process occurs in mixed-phase clouds, and favors the growth of ice crystals over droplets
What is the Bergeron Process?
This physical tool is placed on the ground before a snowfall event to aid in measurements
What is a snow board?
The average temperature for a day was 80 F. This is how many cooling degree days were accumulated.
What is 15?
80 - 65 = 15
The percentage of current water vapor compared to the maximum possible describes this type of humidity
What is relative humidity?
This type of satellite visualizes a full disk view of the planet, and moves at the same rate at which the Earth spins
What is geostationary?
This process occurs when water vapor molecules are directly added to the surface of water droplets
What is the Diffusion Growth process?
This type of cloud has extreme vertical development, the bottom of it is where low level clouds are found and the top of it is where high level clouds are found
What is the cumulonimbus, or thunderstorm, cloud?
This side of a mountain, exposed to onshore wind, will experience heavy rainfall
What is the windward side?
When the air is saturated, this is the measured value of the relative humidity
What is 100%?
This type of satellite provides focused, high resolution data over narrow swaths of the Earth multiple times a day
What are polar orbiting satellites?
This is the dominant cloud growth process in the mid-latitudes, even in the summer
What is the Bergeron Process?
This side of a mountain, opposite to the onshore wind, will experience hot and dry conditions
What is the leeward side?