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16 Cards in this Set
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What is weather?
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The day to day state of the atmosphere.
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What is climate?
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mean state over a long period of time (30 years)
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What is climate change?
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any change in the long term statistical change of the climate.
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Temporal scale:
Micro |
1 hour/less than 10km/i.e. tornado
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Temporal scale:
Meso |
1 hour to 1 day/10-2000km/i.e. MCCs
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Temporal scale:
Synoptic |
1 day to 1 week/ 2000-7000km/cyclones
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Temporal scale:
Planetary |
less than 1 week/less than 7000km/blocking monsoons
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What is the homosphere?
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below 80km, good mixture of gases, we focus here
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What is the heterosphere?
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above 80km, gases separate by atomic weight
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What is the atmospheric composition?
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78% Nitrogen
20.9% oxygen argon carbon dioxide water vapor |
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Order of vertical profile?
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troposphere
stratosphere mesosphere thermosphere |
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Earth-Atmos System
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99.9% of power comes from sun, the rest from space and geothermal energy (earth's core)
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Convection
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transfer energy by fluid (liquid or gas)
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Conduction
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energy of contact:hot to cold (ground heats first 6 inches of atmosphere)
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Radiation
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does not need medium to be transferred.
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3 Principles of Climate Studies
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Cons of Energy
Cons of Mass Cons of Momentum |
