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Weather refers to the current state of the atmosphere. Key factors that influence weather include temperature, air pressure, wind, and water in the atmosphere. Global wind patterns are driven by uneven heating of the Earth's surface by the sun, which causes warm air to rise at the equator and flow toward the poles.
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Warm air rises and leaves behind areas of low pressure, while cold air sinks and creates high pressure. The uneven heating of the Earth's surface causes wind as air moves from high to low pressure areas. Humidity refers to the amount of water vapor in the air, which depends on temperature - cold air can hold less vapor than warm air. Clouds form through condensation of water vapor on particles in the air, and different cloud types like cumulus and cirrus form at varying altitudes. Air masses develop characteristic properties based on the surface they pass over.
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The document provides an overview of weather and climate concepts. It discusses the water cycle, factors that affect weather like the sun, atmosphere, oceans, and how weather occurs in the troposphere. It also defines climate as the long-term patterns over large areas, and describes the three main climate zones: polar, temperate, and tropical. Storms like thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes are also summarized.
Weather
Weather is determined by complex interactions between factors like wind, temperature, precipitation, and air pressure. These factors create weather patterns like low pressure systems, high pressure systems, and fronts. California's climate is influenced by its geography and proximity to the Pacific Ocean. The mountains create orographic lifting that produces rain and snow, while leaving the eastern slopes drier in a rainshadow effect. Changes in weather patterns, like earlier snowmelt, can impact California's water supply and exacerbate drought conditions.
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Naturalists at Large - Weather and Us
Weather is determined by a complex cycle of interacting factors including wind, temperature, precipitation, and air pressure. These factors create weather patterns like low pressure systems, high pressure systems, and fronts. California's climate is influenced by its geography and proximity to the Pacific Ocean. The coastal fog, mountain precipitation, and rainshadow effect all impact California's weather and availability of water resources, which support its ecosystems and agriculture. As the climate changes, these weather patterns and water resources are also changing, with consequences for landscapes, plants, animals, and humans.
08. Winds, Storms and Cyclone by Dilip Kumar Chandra
Air is a mixture of gases that exerts pressure in all directions. Uneven heating of the Earth's surface causes wind currents as warm air rises and is replaced by cooler air. Convection currents occur due to rising warm air and sinking cool air and help distribute the Sun's heat globally. Thunderstorms develop from strong upward winds carrying water droplets that freeze and fall as rain or hail, along with changes in air pressure. Cyclones form due to these pressure changes and can cause severe damage to life and property from high winds. Effective safety measures include early warning systems, shelters, and preparing necessary supplies.
Chapter 16 2 Air Masses, Fronts And Weather Maps Andie
An air mass is a large volume of air that has uniform temperature and humidity characteristics based on the region it forms over. There are four main types of air masses: maritime tropical, continental tropical, maritime polar, and continental polar. Weather fronts occur when different air masses meet, with warm fronts and cold fronts creating different weather conditions based on whether the warmer or colder air is overriding the other. Weather maps use symbols like isotherms, isobars, and frontal boundaries to depict these air mass interactions and the resulting weather patterns.
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The document describes the layers of the Earth's atmosphere and how factors like latitude, altitude, distance from bodies of water, and the greenhouse effect impact climate. It then outlines the major climate zones on Earth - polar, temperate, and tropical - and provides examples of different climate types within each zone, including rainforest, monsoon, oceanic, continental, arid, and highland climates.
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Solar energy reaches Earth as shortwave radiation called insolation. The balance between insolation and terrestrial radiation emitted from Earth's surface is known as the heat budget, which helps regulate Earth's surface temperature. Temperature varies by location and is influenced by factors like latitude, altitude, ocean proximity, and winds. Water vapor in the atmosphere condenses to form precipitation like rain, snow, hail, or fog depending on temperature and conditions. Clouds are classified by height and composition.
Air mass movement reference pictures pp
An air mass is a large body of air with uniform temperature and moisture properties that forms over land or water surfaces. Air masses move across the Earth's surface and bring their characteristic conditions to other regions. Jet streams flow from west to east and influence the movement and interaction of warm and cold air masses. Different types of fronts form boundaries between contrasting air masses, including cold fronts where cold air pushes under warm air and warm fronts where warm air glides over cooler air.
Winds Air Masses Fronts
Uneven heating of the atmosphere causes warm air to rise and cool air to sink, generating wind as air moves from high to low pressure areas. The Coriolis effect causes objects in the northern hemisphere to be deflected to the right and objects in the southern hemisphere to be deflected to the left as the Earth rotates. Global wind patterns include trade winds near the equator, prevailing westerlies at mid-latitudes, and polar easterlies near the poles. Jet streams are fast winds in the upper atmosphere that can help or hinder airplane travel. Air masses originate over land or water and bring the characteristic weather of their source region when they move over new areas. Different types of fronts form boundaries between air masses
Chapter 16 2 Air Masses, Fronts And Weather Maps Andie
An air mass is a large volume of air that acquires consistent temperature and humidity characteristics based on the region over which it travels. There are four main types of air masses: maritime tropical, continental tropical, maritime polar, and continental polar. Weather fronts occur when different air masses meet, with the denser air mass pushing the less dense air mass. A cold front moves more quickly than a warm front and can produce severe weather like thunderstorms.
Chapter 2 Weather Su09
This document summarizes information about hurricanes, weather, climate, and atmospheric conditions. It discusses Hurricane Bertha in 1996 that caused damage in the Caribbean and eastern US. It then provides an overview of typical weather phenomena and how extreme events occasionally emerge. It describes how weather is recorded and climate is characterized. It explains that the troposphere is the lowest layer of the atmosphere. It discusses objectives to understand the lower atmosphere and how weather affects climate. It outlines factors that influence air temperature like solar radiation, water vapor, cloud cover, surface type, elevation, and air movement.
Meteorology -Weather acloutier 2011 power point
The document summarizes key concepts in meteorology, including:
1) Weather is the current state of the atmosphere, while climate is average weather over time. Air mass movement and the Coriolis effect influence wind patterns.
2) Convection currents cause warm air to rise at the equator and cold air to sink at the poles, driving global wind systems like the Hadley cells and jet streams.
3) Fronts occur when differing air masses meet, bringing changes in weather, and are symbolized on maps using lines and shapes indicating the direction of motion. Thunderstorms result from uneven heating of the atmosphere.
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