UNIT 4 – WEATHER AND CLIMATE GLOSSARY

ENGLISH SPANISH DEFINITION/IN CONTEXT PICTURE

Rotation Rotación Movement of the Earth around its axis

Revolution Traslación Movement of the Earth around the Sun

Maximum Temperatura
temperature máxima
Minimum Temperatura
temperature mínima
Average temperature Temperatura
media
Precipitation / Precipitación Water falling from clouds in liquid
Rainfall form or in solid form
Annual average Precipitación
rainfall media anual
Convectional Precipitación
precipitation por
evaporación
del suelo
Relief precipitation / Precipitación
Orographic por el relieve
precipitation

Frontal precipitation Precipitación

por el
contacto de
masas de
aire a
distintas
temperaturas
Rain gauge Pluviómetro A type of instrument used by
meteorologists to gather and measure
the amount of liquid precipitation over
a set period of time.

Barometer Barómetro An instrument used to measure

atmospheric pressure

Atmospheric Presión The earth is covered in a layer of air.

pressure atmosférica However, this layer is not distributed
evenly around the globe. At different
times, the layer of air is thicker in some
places than in others. Where the layer
of air is thicker, there is more air. Since
there is more air, there is a higher
pressure in that spot.
Anticyclone Anticiclón A weather event where there is a
downward movement of the air and a
high pressure area over the part of the
planet's surface affected by it.

Low Borrasca Region where the atmospheric pressure

is lower in relation to the surrounding
area

Climate graph / Climograma

climogram

Weather vane / Veleta An instrument for showing the

Weathercock direction of the wind

Anemometer Anemómetro A device that is used for measuring

wind speed