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What does S.A.M.E stand for?
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Specific Area Messing Encoding
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What are the three types of clouds?
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Stratiform clouds, cumulus clouds, cumulonimbus clouds.
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What is a subsatellite point?
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The point right below the satellite.
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What does N.W.R. stands for?
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National Weather Radio
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What does N.O.A.A. stand for?
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.
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Types of air mass?
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Hot and humid, hot and dry, cold and humid, and cold and dry.
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Define weather
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The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind velocity, and barometric pressure.
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What's the Coriolis effect?
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In physics, the Coriolis effect is an apparent deflection of moving objects when they are viewed from a rotating reference frame.
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What does G.O.E.S. stand for?
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Geostationary Operational Enviromental Satellites
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What does P.O.E.S. stand for?
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Polar Operational Enviromental Satellites
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