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| measures humidity by measuring the amount of infrared energy absorbed by water vapor |
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| combines air temp with relative humidity to determine an apparent temperature |
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| measures relative humidity with human hairs |
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| saturation vapor pressure |
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| the maximum pressure that water vapor would exert if the were saturated |
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| an invisible balloon like body of air |
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| the density of water vapor in a given volume of air (mass of water vapor/volume of air) |
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| used to cool the air in hot, dry climates |
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| uses wet bulb and dry bulb temperatures to obtain relative humidity |
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| a parcel of air expands and cools or compresses and warms with no interchange of heat with its surroundings |
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| the mass of water vapor in a given mass of air |
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| trees rivers lakes glaciers |
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| 4 things that evaporate besides oceans |
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| combination of heat and humidity |
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| another name for absolute humidity |
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| precipitation absorbed by land |
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| what ocean does el nino occur |
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| how far back can el nino be traced |
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| longer beaks to shorter beaks |
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| what changed on the finches on the galapagos islands b/c of el nino |
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| water warms, wind pauses, fluccuations |
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| evidence that an el nino is occuring |
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| evaporation and more moisture in the atmosphere |
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| how do higher sea surface temps lead to more water vapor in the atmosphere |
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| how much more dense is water than air |
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| what is released in atm when water vapor condenses |
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| upward movement of cold bottom air away from coast |
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| downward movement of warm air toward coast |
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| why cali doesnt normally get t storms in summer |
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| the % of water vapor in the air compared to that required for saturation |
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| lowest temp that can be attained by evaporating water into the air |
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| temp which air must be cooled for saturation to occur & best indication of actual amount of water vapor in air |
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| circulation of water within the atm |
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| dew point temp/air temp or water vapor content/water vapor capacity |
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| when evaporation and condensation are equal to each other |
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| mass of water vapor/mass of dry air |
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| changing airs water vapor content and changing the temp |
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| 2 things that can change RH |
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| difference between the wet bulb temp and dry bulb temp |
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| rate at which temp of dry air parcel drops as it rises and expands |
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| rate at which temp of a saturated air parcel drops as it rises and expands |
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| environmental lapse rate ELR |
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| rate that temp of atm drops as altitute increases |
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| absolutely stable, absolutely unstable, conditionally unstable |
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| 3 general groups of types of air |
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| condition when DAR is more than ELR |
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| condition when DAR is less than ELR |
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