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| long-term weather patterns |
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| minute particles and liquid droplets |
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| redistribute heat and moisture |
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| more dilute than troposphere, but contains almost no water and 1,000 times ozone (O3) |
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| ionized gases and high temperatures (ionosphere...) |
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| trapping of heat bu tje earth's atmosphere, which is transparent to incoming visible light rays but absorbs outgoing longwave infrared radiation |
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| water condenses as air cools and air cools as it rises |
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| apparent curvature of the winds |
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| apparent curvature of the winds |
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| found at top of troposphere, hurricane force wind |
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| regular, seasonal wind and rain |
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| explanation of climate shifts at different time scales: one explanation is periodic changes in sunlight intensity resulting from these cycles: 1) shape of earth's orbit around the sun elongates and shortens in a 100,000 year cycle, 2) the axis of rotation changes it's angle of tilt in a 40,000 year schedule, 3) over a 26,000 year time period, tje axis wobbles like an out-of balance spinning top |
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| major ocean current/climate connection that effects weather throughout the pacific |
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| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
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| inter-nation approach to asses current knowledge of the state of climate change |
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| compunds formed wiht solar energy |
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| do not go through smoke stack |
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| converntional/criteria pollutants |
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| sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, particulates,volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, ozone, lead - most serious threat to humans |
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| unconventional pollutants |
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| less volume but especially hazardous/toxic to humans |
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| colorless, corrosive gas - major component of acid rain |
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| highly reactive gases - initial products oxidizes (can be many different ways) |
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| less common than carbon dioxide but more dangerous - incomplete combustion of fuel |
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| acid rain, urban smog, toxic air pollutants, ozone protection, marketing pollution rights, VOC's, ambient ozone, soot, dust, NOx emissions |
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