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A Kilometer is equal to (miles)
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2/3 of a mile
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The Troposhere
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Is the lowest layer
gets colder with elevation |
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The Stratosphere
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The 2nd layer
Gets warmer with elevation |
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The Mesosphere
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The 3rd layer
gets colder |
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The Thermosphere
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The Outer layer
gets warmer |
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99% of the earths atmosphere are made of these gases
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Nitrogen (78%)
and Oxygen (21%) |
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L
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Storm.
counter clockwise and inward |
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kinetic energy
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is defined as the energy within a body that is the result of motion
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cold air is more
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dense
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heat is released into the environment with
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condensation and freezing
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Conduction
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transfer of heat from molecule to molecule with in a substance; contact is needed (one moving fast hits one moving slow, moving slow will take heat and move as fast)
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Convection
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transfer of heat by the mass movement of a fluid (in the vertical); similar to a pot of boiling water
Advection - transfer of heat or properties from one part to another part (in the horizontal) usually by the prevailing wind |
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Radiation
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transfer of energy from one object to another without spaces in between heated; no contact is necessary
released by EVERYTHING |
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Blackbody
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Releases the same amount of radiation that it absorbs
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Thermal Belt
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In a Valley, cold, warm, cold
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Vertical Cross-Section
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Both Vertical and Horizontal
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Vertical Profile
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a graph that displays one or more variables as a function of the distance above the earth over a single point.
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Heating degree-day
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Based on the assumption that people will begin to use their furnaces when the mean daily temperature drops below 65F.
Determined by subtracting the average temperature of the day from 65F. Example: If the mean high was 63F then the heating degree-day is 2 |
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Cooling degree-day
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Based on the assumption that people will begin to use their air conditioners when the mean daily temperature rises above 65F.
Determined by subtracting 65F from the daily average temperature. |
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Growing degree-day
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Based on the approximate number of days for a certain plant to fully grow for harvest.
Computed by using a base temperature where the plant can grow (daily mean temp - base temp). |
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Albedo
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is the percent of radiation returning from a given surface compared to the amount of radiation initially striking the surface. (reflectivity of a surface)
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Local and worldwide albedo
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North of 30, deficit
South of 30, surplus |
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Solstice
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both on 21
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Equinox
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March 20
Sept 22 |
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Electro-magnetic spectrum
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Infrared
Visible UV |
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Inversion
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warmer with height
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Lapse rate
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colder with height
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Isothermal
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stays the same with height
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