The Earth’s Atmosphere Contents Part 6 docx

... hour Knots Calm Calm 1–2 3–8 9–14 15–20 21–25 26 31 32–37 38–43 44–49 50–54 55 60 61 66 67 –71 72–77 78–83 84–89 119–123 1–2 3–7 8–12 13–17 18–22 23–27 28–32 33–37 38–42 43–47 48–52 53–57 58 62 63 67 68 –72 73–77 103–107 L L 5 460 5520 5580 564 0 5700 5 760 FIGURE ... 10.32 Some of the features associated with a tornado-breeding thunder- storm as viewed from the southeast. The t...

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... 72 70 68 67 65 63 62 60 58 56 54 52 50 47 85 84 82 81 80 78 77 75 74 72 71 69 68 66 64 62 61 59 57 54 90 89 87 86 85 83 82 81 79 78 76 75 73 72 70 69 67 65 63 61 95 94 93 91 90 89 87 86 85 83 ... 39 95 96 93 89 85 82 79 75 72 69 66 63 60 57 54 51 49 46 43 41 100 96 93 89 86 83 80 77 73 70 68 65 62 59 56 54 51 49 46 44 105 97 93 90 87 83 80 77 74 71 69 66...

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... Warming the Earth and the Atmosphere (Energy gained by atmosphere) + 160 –70 (Energy lost to space) 64 6 +7 +111 +23 +19 Latent heat Solar Infrared 64 – 96 – 160 Infrared Evaporation + 96+ 51–117–23 (Energy ... temperature drops dramatically with height. Above the mesosphere lies the warmest part of the atmosphere, the thermosphere. At the top of the ther- mosph...

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... Temperature 10 8 8 10 10 10 8 6 4 6 6 6 4 4 8 8 8 2 2 1.5 2 1.5 11 2 2 1.5 1 0.5 1 0.5 6 4 6 6 FIGURE 3.12 Mean annual total heating degree- days in thousands of °F, where the number 4 on the map represents 4000 (base 65 °F). 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0 0.5 1 2 3 4 3 3 0.5 3 2 2 0.5 0 0 2 4 1 2 3 3 4 2 0.5 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 FIGURE ... inversion. Generally, the longer the nigh...

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... (shielded from the sun) hang from the climber’s belt. One thermometer hangs freely, while the other is enclosed in a partially inflated balloon. As the climber scales the building, describe the change ... lingering close to the ground. As the day progresses, sunlight warms the surface and the surface warms the air above. As the air temperature near the ground increase...

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... the surface weather map in Fig. 6. 12. Notice that the Why the Wind Blows 149 H PGF PGF PGF PGF PGF PGF 10 16 1020 1024 MAP VIEW 0 200 400 60 0 Scale (km) FIGURE 6. 11 The closer the spacing of the ... the isobars, the greater the pressure gradient. The greater the pressure gradient, the stronger the pressure gradient force (PGF). The stronger the PGF, the...

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... States. (Weather symbols for the surface map are given in Appendix B.) 1000 –30 –39 –19 –29 1004 16 13 10 5 1008 20 5 – 16 –29 1048 1 064 –22 –27 –18 –33 – 16 – 26 1052 –15 – 26 5 –5 12 5 10 6 –14 –29 –37 17 –20 10 56 1 060 H 1012 10 16 18 10 36 28 12 ... 5 10 6 –14 –29 –37 17 –20 10 56 1 060 H 1012 10 16 18 10 36 28 12 8 –23 33 1020 1044 1040 10 36 16 3 1032 10...

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... the broad belt around the earth known as the trop- ics the region 23 1 ⁄ 2 ° north and south of the equator— the weather is much different from that of the middle latitudes. In the tropics, the ... do they form? And why do they strike the east coast of the United States more frequently than the west coast? These are some of the questions we will consider in this chapt...

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... downwind. Either these particles and gases slowly settle to the ground in dry form (dry deposition) or they are re- moved from the air during the formation of cloud particles and then carried to the ... period, the earth began to cool slightly over the next 25 years or so. In the late 1 960 s and 1970s, the cooling trend ended over most of the Northern Hemisphere. During t...

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... episodes during the past 2 mil- lion years are the result of small variations in the tilt of the earth’s axis and in the geometry of the earth’s orbit around the sun. Another theory suggests ... (eccentricity) of the earth’s orbit about the sun 2. precession of the earth’s axis of rotation, or wobbling 3. changes in the tilt (obliquity) of the earth’s axis In...

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