Atms 100 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is the Gulf Stream? - Answer What is the thermocline? - Answer The area where there is a rapid temperature decrease with a depth of a few hundred meters below the surface How does oceanic temperature vary with depth? - Answer Warmest temperature found near surface (absorbs solar radiation) Then thermocline (temperature decreases rapidly) Deep ocean waters are only a few degrees above freezing What is upwelling? How does it affect oceanic temperature? - Answer Vertical transport ...

What is the difference between satellites and radars? - Answer Satellite- view of the clouds from space Radar- views precipitation from the ground How is wind direction defined? - Answer it is defined by the direction that the wind is coming from. How do winds blow about high and low pressure systems in the Northern Hemisphere? - Answer High- winds blow clockwise and outward Low- winds blow counterclockwise and inward What is pressure and how does it change with height? - Answer Press...

Gulf Stream - Answer powerful, warm Atlantic Ocean current that starts at tip of FL and follows east. coastline of US before crossing Atlantic thermocline - Answer rapid temp drecrease with depth a few hundred meters below surface upwelling - Answer vertical transport of deep ocean waters upward results in cooler surface water typically along west coast of continents El Nino Southern Oscillation - Answer atmospheric oscillation over S Pacific Ocean seesaw patter of reversing surface ...

what is the difference between weather and climate - Answer Weather is the atmospheric conditions at a particular time and place while climate is the average weather over a long (10+ year) period of time what is the difference between satellites and radar - Answer Satellites view clouds from space while radars view precipitation from the ground how is wind direction defined - Answer Wind direction is identified by the direction from which the wind is blowing, a north wind blows from the no...

Which gases are the primary constituents of the atmosphere? - Answer Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Argon What is the difference between weather and climate? - Answer CANNOT use individual weather events to prove or disprove changes in climate! Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get What is the difference between satellites and radar? - Answer Radars view precipitation from the ground What is Doppler radar? - Answer a radar tracking system using the Doppler effect to de...

Which gases are the primary constitutes of the atmosphere? - Answer Nitrogen: 78% Oxygen: 21% Carbon Dioxide: .038% Argon: 1% What is the difference between weather and climate? - Answer Weather is the atmospheric conditions at a particular time and place, whereas climate is the average weather over a long period of time (10+ years). Climate is what you expect, and weather is what you get. What is the difference between satellites and radar? - Answer Satellites observe clouds from space...

The difference between a hurricane and a typhoon is - Answer The difference between a hurricane and a typhoon is In a hurricane, the strongest winds and the heaviest rain are found in the - Answer eyeball The eye of a hurricane is a region characterized by - Answer Sinking air Which of the following lists tropical cyclones in order from weakest to strongest? - Answer Tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane Hurricanes that form in the Tropics (in the Northern Hemisphere) genera...

Which gases are the primary constituents of the atmosphere? (4) - Answer Nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, water vapor. What is the difference between weather and climate? - Answer Weather is current; climate is long-term trends. What is the difference between satellites and radar? - Answer Satellites observe from space (above), and radar observes from the ground (below). What is Doppler radar? - Answer Doppler radar tracks and measures movement. How is wind direction defined? - Answ...

Which gases are the primary constituents of the atmosphere? - Answer 99% nitrogen and oxygen What is the difference between weather and climate? - Answer Weather- atmospheric conditions at a specific time and place (temp, pressure, humidity, cloud cover) Climate- Average weather over a long period of time (10+ years)(record highs and lows, statistical analysis) -climate is what you expect, weather is what you get What is the difference between satellites and radar? - Answer satellites- v...