Measurements
This is exerted by air on its surroundings due to the weight of the air.
Atmospheric pressure
Thermal energy transfer between two objects or substances that are in direct contact.
Conduction
Process of predicting future weather based on ongoing observations of atmospheric conditions.
Weather Forecasting
A zone that develops as a result of the meeting of two air masses with different characteristics
Front
Temperature at which air is saturated with water vapour so that it condenses and falls as precipitation.
Dew point
Any substance that can absorb and retain energy without changing state.
Heat sink
A weather forecast that predicts how weather conditions will change over a period of 3 to 7 days.
Long-range Forecast
These instruments collects weather data from a distance without actually being in physical contact with the object being observed.
Remote Sensing Technology
An instrument that measures weather data by analyzing radio waves that are reflected off objects in the atmosphere
Weather Radar
Thermal energy transfer in which atoms or molecules give off energy as electromagnetic waves.
Radiation
The physical conditions of the atmosphere at a specific time and place.
Weather
A process in which human-produced gases in Earth’s atmosphere absorb heat energy from the Sun and Earth’s surface.
Anthropogenic Greenhouse Effect
The amount of water vapour in the air.
Humidity
Thermal energy transfer by the movement of heated material from one place to another.
Convection
A weather forecast that predicts how weather conditions will change over a period of up to 48 hours.
Short-range Forecast
A very large sample of air with nearly uniform properties of temperature, humidity, and pressure.
Air mass
Bonus: Average kinetic energy of particles of a substance.
Temperature
Bonus: The horizontal transfer of a fluid and its energy in a convection current.
Advection
The pattern of weather conditions in a region over a long period of time.
Climate
Bonus: The heat that is absorbed (or released) when a substance undergoes melting (or freezing)
Latent Heat of Fusion