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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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Low pressure systems - Answer air convergence is at surface, divergence is aloft high pressure systems - Answer convergence is aloft and divergence is at surface surface level convergence pushes air.. - Answer up clouds and precipitation come from - Answer rising air Troughs have divergence.. - Answer on the right, convergence on the left How do you strengthen a surface cyclone? - Answer When upper-level divergence is greater than surface convergence Air flow is faster at.. - A...

What is a constant pressure surface? - Answer Maps that show areas of constant pressure, similar to constant height maps How are low and high heights related to temperatures below that pressure surface? - Answer Low heights mean cool air below High heights mean warm air below How do you identify ridges and troughs on an upper air map? - Answer Ridges have are at the top of a hill Troughs are at the bottom, like a valley What is the pressure gradient force? In what direction does it ac...

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...