The Earth’s Atmosphere Contents Part 9 potx

... June, 199 1. 199 0 199 1 199 2+0.4+0.3+0.2+0.10– 0.1– 0.2– 0.3– 0.4– 0.5Temperature Change (°C)MountPinatuboeruptsFIGURE 14.12Changes in average global air temperature from 199 0– 199 2. ... temperature from 199 0– 199 2. After the eruption of MountPinatubo in June, 199 1, the average globaltemperature by July, 199 2, decreased by almost0.5°C (0 .9 F) from the 198 1– 199 0 average(dashed line).conditions, ... (eccentricity) of the earth’s orbitabout the sun2. precession of the earth’s axis of rotation, or wobbling3. changes in the tilt (obliquity) of the earth’s axisIn the 197 0s, scientists of the CLIMAP...

The Earth’s Atmosphere Contents Part 5 potx

... common in the Air Masses 207H 99 •101• 92 • 96 • 96 •106•102•101•106•105•106• 94 •11 3•11 8•108•102• 97 •100•104•105•103• 97 • 98 •102•100• 95 •103• 98 • 96 •102•11 ... Topic1028103210321028102410201016101210081004H 98 8 99 2 99 61000100410081020102010161012H10201024LHFIGURE 4 The surface weather map for 7:00 A.M. (EST) December11, 199 2, shows an intense low-pressure area (centralpressure 98 8 ... Cyclones85868887 91 92 88mT86888586 89 91 92 94 96 92 91 HL3236 29 2425163030cP162132 29 2635LMinimum temperatures (°F)Maximum temperatures (°F)FIGURE 8 .9 Weather conditions duringan unseasonably hot spell inthe...

The Earth’s Atmosphere Contents Part 1 pptx

... October, 199 6, thanduring the same month in 199 5. Other hospitalsthroughout the northeast reported similar increases. *The movement of the ocean ﬂoor and continents is explained in the widelyacclaimed ... temperature drops dramatically with height.Above the mesosphere lies the warmest part of the atmosphere, the thermosphere. At the top of the ther-mosphere is the exosphere, where collisions between gas ... the bottom of the layer, while lighter gases(such as hydrogen and helium) ﬂoat to the top. The re-gion from about the base of the thermosphere to the topof the atmosphere is often called the...

The Earth’s Atmosphere Contents Part 2 pdf

... (°F) 197 0 197 5 198 0 198 5 199 0 199 5 2000YearFIGURE 1 The high temperature measured (for 30 years) on March 15 in a city located in the south-western United States. The dashed line represents the ... boundary.On the January map, the temperatures are muchlower in the middle of continents than they are at the same latitude near the oceans; on the July map, the re-verse is true. The reason for these ... line)absorbed by the earth and the atmosphere along with the average annual infrared radiation (blue line) emitted by the earth and the atmosphere. The origin of the term Indian Summer dates back to the eighteenth...

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The Earth’s Atmosphere Contents Part 3 ppt

... overOklahoma for April 24, 199 9. (b) Doppler radar display showing1-hour rainfall amounts overOklahoma for April 24, 199 9.(a)(b) *The Doppler shift (or effect) is the change in the frequency of waves ... 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 increases, the lower atmosphere graduallybecomes ... Fig. 5 .9 that the air motions are down-ward on the outside of the cumulus cloud. The down-ward motions are caused in part by evaporation around the outer edge of the cloud, which cools the air,...

The Earth’s Atmosphere Contents Part 4 pdf

... high10081002101410201026101410081002 99 61020LLHHHHLH1026102010141014PacifichighThermal low1020LH1008ITCZ1020 99 01008(b) July 90 180 90 0Longitude603003060Latitude6030030 90 180 90 0 90 90 60Thermal ... greater the pressuregradient. The greater the pressure gradient, the stronger the pressure gradient force (PGF). The stronger the PGF, the greater the wind speed. The red arrows represent the relativemagnitude ... The difference in wind pressure fromone side of a cup to the other causes the cups to spinabout the shaft. The rate at which they rotate is directlyproportional to the speed of the wind. The...

The Earth’s Atmosphere Contents Part 6 docx

... variety of other cloud types (see Chapter 4).Mammatus clouds are not funnel clouds, do not rotate, and their appearancehas no relationship to tornadoes. 195 0– 59 480 148 196 0– 69 681 94 197 0– 79 858 ... 10.23 The lightning rod extends above the building, increasing the like-lihood that lightning will strike the rod rather than some other part of the structure. After lightning strikes the metal ... Fig. 9. 13. The map shows the probability of a “White Christmas”—1 inch or more ofsnow on the ground—across the United States. The map is based on the average of 30 years of data and givesthe...

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... Formation and Dissipation 299 Mitch 199 8Elena 198 5Gordon 199 4Nora 199 7Rosa 199 4Isis 199 8Pauline 199 7FIGURE 11 .9 Some erratic paths taken by hurricanes.Hurricane Tina in 199 2 traveled for thousands ... percent during the summerfrom 197 9 to 199 1 over heavily populated areas of the Northern Hemisphere. Moreover, satellite measurementsrevealed that ozone concentrations during 199 2 and 199 3dropped ... homes2 96 5 97 9 28.50–28 .91 96 –110 83 95 6–8 ~2.0–2.5 Some trees blown down; majordamage to exposed mobilehomes; some damage to roofsof buildings3 94 5 96 4 27 .91 –28.47 111–130 96 –113 9 12 ~2.5–4.0...

The Earth’s Atmosphere Contents Part 8 doc

... period, the earthbegan to cool slightly over the next 25 years or so. In the late 196 0s and 197 0s, the cooling trend ended over mostof the Northern Hemisphere. During the 197 0s and into the 198 0s, ... amount of2 896 cm (1140 in.) was recorded at Mt. Baker ski area during the winter of 199 8– 199 9.As we noted earlier, the driest regions of the world lie in the frigid polar region, the leeward ... 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...

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