Baylees study guide

measures air pressure 

What happens to the Earth’s climate when the concentration of atmospheric water, methane, and carbon dioxide increases?

Digital Forecast

measures relative humidity

Which part of the mountain is the driest

Front- describes the narrow region separating two air masses of different densities

Which zone is the climate zone that receives the most solar radiation and has the warmest climate?

Source region

Jet streams

Normal- Standard values of temperature, precipitation, and wind speed for a location

Super cells

Which has the least radiation with the coldest climate?

What is the scale that is used to indicate the wind speeds associated with hurricanes?

Why would two areas at the same latitude have different climates?

The Doppler Effect

Season- A short-term period of climactic change caused by regular variations in daylight, temperature, & weather pattern

 lines of equal temperature on a weather map

Climate

equal lines of pressure 

Which side of a mountain receives the most rain

Analog forecast

What is the scale that ranks tornadoes according to their destruction and estimated wind speeds?

when wind speed and direction changes suddenly? Wind shear. 

The temperature on Earth is more consistent when the orbit is… less elliptical, more circular

The name to localized climate changes such as those at the top of a mountain, because it differs from the main climate

a balloon-transported package of sensors

What is the reaction of one system to the changes in another system?

Polar easterlies

Weather

Trade winds

What type of thunderstorms are common along coastal areas during the summer?

When do mountain thunderstorms occur?

What are wind, temperature, and precipitation data used to determine?

Heat island

How are thunderstorms produced?