Flashcards For Meteorology Science Olympiad

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Chinook Winds

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a warming wind from the ocean into the interior regions of the pacific northwest

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Panhandke Hook

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Relatively infrequent storm system that occurs in the southwestern USA in the fall through winter. the texas panhandle accounts for most of the deadly snowstorms and blizzards.

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Santa Ana Winds

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A strong extremely dry offshore wind that sweeps through southern California in the late fall to winter.

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Alberta clipper

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A fast moving low pressure area that generally affects the centra; provinces of Canadia and parts of the great lakes region.

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What gasses make up most of the Miodern Atmosphere????????

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Nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide

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What are the 5 layers of the atmosohere?

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Troposphere, Stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere

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What is the estimated amount of flux of energy entering the atmosphere???????

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174 petawatts

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What is the coriolois effect????

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inertial force? ;)

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what is an air mass??

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a large volume of air defined by it's temp. and water vapor content

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of the gasses that make up most of the atmosphere, what are the percentages of the gasses?

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N2-- 78%
O2-- 21%
CO2-- 0.03%

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the troposphere is divided into seprate horizontal sections known as ___________. (fill in the blank)

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air masses

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in ________ and ___________, advection often refers to the transport of some property of the atmosphere .

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meterology, physcal oceanoghraphy

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the ozone layer is contained within the ________________.

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stratosphere

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the outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere extends from the ______ upward

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exobase

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what does earth's flux consist of?

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solar radiation, geothermal radiation, tidal radiation, and waste heat

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the avreage ______ of the earth is about 0.3 (30%)

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albedo

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the remaining 70% of the incent energy (from radiation) is ___________

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absorbed

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________ is the measure of solar radiation energy recieved on a given surface area in a given time.

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insolation

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of the remaining 70% of the incident energy absorbed, what are the 2 other subunit %'s?

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51% by land and water
19% by atmosphere

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water is a(n) ___________chemicle substance made of hydrogen and oxygen.

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ubiquitous

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describe a cumulus cloud:

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heap

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describe a stratus cloud:

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layers

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describe a cirrus cloud:

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curly

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describe a nimbus cloud:

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rain comes out of it

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true or false: when a cloud gets heavy, it falls to the ground

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false, it rains

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the____ ____ is a current of fast moving air found in the upper levels of the atmosphere.

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jet stream

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colder air masses are called _________.

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polar or arctic

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warmer air masses are caleed _________.

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deemed tropical

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continental or superior air masses are ____.

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dry

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moist air masses are called ____________.

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maritime or monsoon air masses

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_________________ seperate air masses.

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weather fronts

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What is a meteogram?

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A time cross section of data for a specific station. includes temp, wind, pressure, and current weather

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Stuve diagram

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A diagram used to plot information from weather balloons.