WEATHER CELLS
This is caused by the sun hitting the equator more than it hits the polar regions.
What is Uneven Heating of Earth's Surface?
While not the most abundant gas in the atmosphere, making only 21% of the atmosphere, some would argue this is the most important to life.
What is Oxygen?
This occurs when Westerly winds around Antarctica move Southwards, towards the pole.
What is a positive SAM?
This happens when water vapour rises, cools, and condenses around aerosols.
What is Cloud Formation?
This effect leads to the retention of heat, initially from the surface heating of the Sun.
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
This weather cell is located between 0° and 30° latitude
What is the Hadley Cell?
This layer of the atmosphere is where aeroplanes fly close to to avoid the impacts of Weather.
What is the Stratosphere?
This weather system is driven by water temperatures off the coast of South America and has a serious impact on our current weather!
What is El Nino?
This molecule made from three Oxygen atoms is present mostly in the Stratosphere.
What is Ozone?
When this is high, the surface of the planet is reflecting light, reducing cooling.
What is Albedo?
Global winds curve to the east or west due to this effect
What is the Coriolis Effect?
This gas makes up most of Earth's atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen?
This climate pattern is the cooler half of this pair, caused by cooler weather conditions on the South American Coast.
What is La Nina?
This pressure system is driven by rising air from the surface and is frequently associated with wind and rain.
What is Low Pressure?
These small particles are often between 10 and 1000 microns in size, they interact with sunlight, affecting earth's surface heating.
What are Aerosols?
This weather cell is driven, not by heat, but by the movement of the other two weather cells.
What is the Ferrel Cell?
This layer of the atmosphere contains almost all weather phenomena.
What is the Troposphere?
This climate pattern describes the movement of the winds around the Antarctic continent.
What is the Southern Annular Mode?
This gas is an important, if infrequently recognised, greenhouse gas.
What is Water Vapour?
This increases with temperature increases and, as a result, more cloud formation and rain occurs.
What is evaporation?
Caused by the high heat capacity of water, these winds happen during the day and mostly during Summer.
What are Onshore Winds?
This layer of the atmosphere has a high temperature, and contains both the ionosphere and auroras.
What is the Thermosphere?
Possibly caused by human-induced climate change, there is a general increase in the frequency of this, resulting in warmer, drier weather patches for New Zealand's South Island.
What is Positive Southern Annular Mode?
This action can be done through Convection, Conduction, or Radiation
What is Heat Transfer?
Low-level clouds block this, resulting in cooler days.
What is short-wavelength radiation?