Measure of transparency of the atmosphere – Humidity

Formed when humid air cools enough – clouds

Causes wind and currents to deflect to the right in north hemisphere and left in south hemisphere –
corriolis force

Form of precipitation … diameter less than 0.5mm – drizzle

Force per unit area exerted against a surface by weight of air – Atmospheric pressure

Considered as lowest and is responsible for our weather – Troposphere

“K” – classification whether the air is cold or warm

polar air is colder than the surface where it moves - mPk

tropical air is warmer than the surface where it moves - cTw

Contains almost all water vapor – troposphere

Violent radiation – stratosphere

Outer limit – exosphere

Average pressure at sea level – 1013.25 mb or 14.7 lbs/in

Upslope winds – anabatic

Mediterranean coming from North Africa – scirocco

West coast of Africa between Cape Verde – harmattan

Gulf of Lyons – mistral

Rio de la Plata – pamper

Cabo de sao tome – abrolhos

Europde to Italy - bora

Moderate breeze – Beaufort scale no. 4

Strong breeze – Beaufort scale no. 6

Actual amount of water vapor – relative humidity

Actual mass of water vapor – absolute humidity

Enters the atmosphere - vapor pressure

Rate of evaporation becomes slower – degree of air saturation

Having large exposed surface – area of evaporation

Changing of liquid to gas – evaporation or vaporization

Change of liquid to vapor at boiling point – ebullition

Change liquid to vapor without changing the temperature of liquid – latent heat of evaporation

Turning vapor to visible water drops – condensation

Fine veil – cirrostratus clouds

Mackerel sky – cirrocumulus clouds

Gray and uniform appearances – altostratus cloud

Wet look – nimbostratus clouds

Low layer gray clouds – stratus clouds

Fair weather clouds – cumulus clouds

Mammatus clouds – cumulonimbus clouds

No shadows – cirrus clouds

White grain-like ripples – cirrocumulus

Mid-latitude segment of earth’s wind circulation – ferrel cell

Weakest cell – polar cells

Air rising near the equator – Hadley cell

North to south – prevailing winds

Rises and move at high altitude – trade winds

North to equator – polar easterlies

30 degrees N and 60 degrees S – prevailing westerlies

Meet and interact – convergence zone

Difference of temperature between land and sea – monsoon

Mid level clouds – altocumulus, altostratus, nimbostratus