Weather And Climate Final

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Numerical Weather Prediction-

Back 1

Using current and past observations to predict weather in the future

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• Climate Prediction Center-

Back 2

issues the long-range weather outlooks

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sparse vegitation in desert and coniferous trees in canada

Back 3

limited precipitation will support what vegitation in desert areas and up north

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bservations made at the same time

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synoptic

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o f= wet all seasons
o s= dry summers
o w= dry winters
o a= summers long and hot
o b= summers long and cool
o c=summers short and cool
o d= summers short and cool, winters= sever
o h= hot and dry
o k= hot and cool
o m= monsoon

Back 5

what do these stand for
o f
o s
o w=
o a
o b
o c
o d
o h
o k
o m

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continental artic/ polar

Back 6

stable and strong nightly radiational cooling

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maritime tropical

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which air mass has higher precipitation in the winter

Front 8

persistance forecast

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simplest form of forecast (very short term) todays weather is tomorrows

Front 9

surface maps

Back 9

maps that depicts large scale features presurre cell winds and station models

Front 10

a chart showing one or more weather variables and how they may have changed over time

Back 10

meteogram

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• Rational comprehensive-
• Incremental-
participatory
• Advocacy-

Back 11

4 approaches to planning

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disaster management continuum

Back 12

continuous cycle from prevention to incident to reaction/ reconstructions

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stationary model

Back 13

shows temperature, air pressure, whether air pressure is rising or falling, etc