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| site that does not produce much of a product signal |
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| Thickness of the ring tells us.... |
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| if it was a good or bad growth year |
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| when the atmosphere is warm- oxygen 18 isotopes, cold- oxygen 16 isotopes. |
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| the trees have changed over time |
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| Sea level has been rising for... |
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| carbon dioxide in the atmosphere |
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| massive instability in clouds |
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| Up drafts could carry water droplets and then... |
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| freeze and then start to go to down the downdraft and get bigger and keeps going up and down |
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| Spring is best time to have storms in this area |
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| easterly waves and develop over warm water |
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| Air ______ in the center of the storm to form the characteristic eye |
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| Tornadoes tend to develop in the... |
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| southwestern portion of large thunderstorms, often extending from a wall cloud |
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| Tornadoes form mostly in the... |
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| Great Plains of the United States |
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| What elements all contribute to development of tornadoes? |
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| Cold fronts, upper-air divergence, and flat terrain |
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| The distance from the surface to 300 Millibars decreases what? |
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| Early in Sun’s history... |
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| fusion occurred in the center of the Sun |
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| Which two elements were in higher concentration in the Sun's early history? |
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| Carbon Dioxide and Methane |
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| Mountain building is generally associated with... |
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| the elevation of the land areas lowers the temperature of the Earth |
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| Configuration of continents alters... |
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| Best time for the development of a hurricane in the Atlantic ocean... |
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| What provides moisture to the air which makes it unstable? |
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| What is the upper level disturbance in the tropics? |
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| Coriolis Effect creates... |
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| classification for sizes of hurricanes |
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| Where do most hurricanes form and where do they head towards? |
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common throughout southeast asia. Same storm, different area.
Destructive power goes up a lot as the wind speed goes up. |
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| What happens to PET in winter if you are in a place with snow cover? |
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| THERE IS NO PE! PE STAYS AT ZERO |
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| How much water could you evaporate if the water were present? |
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| high in southwest, Up in summer, down in winter |
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| Soil moisture recharge only when... |
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| Potential Evapo-transporation exceeding the rainfall that will use up the soil moisture |
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| In the US, east is ____ and west is____? |
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| Where do plants draw water from? |
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| The hydrological cycle involves... |
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| the movement of water around the planet |
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| how much water would evaporate and transpire if the soil was at field capacity |
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| The 300 ml bar level is always above the... |
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| Atmosphere is more stable in the... morning or evening? |
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| Is it stable or unstable over the sea? |
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| Is airflow stable or unstable off shore? |
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| occurs in a moist environment, moves from bottom to the top of clouds. Summer nights |
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| Is the top of a cloud positve or negative charge? |
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| Is the bottom of a cloud positive or negative charge? |
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| Is PET very high or low in desert? |
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| What do severe storms require? |
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| Carbon dioxide levels are still rising. True or False? |
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| Is heavy weather associated with cold or warm fronts? |
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| When there is an aversion, is the atmosphere stable? |
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| If air rises, can it cool? |
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| Yes but only if comes back by the dry adiavatic lapse rate |
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| In most cities, is the air warmer? |
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| Yes, most cities dew point goes down, changing surface water balance |
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| comes about, after you’ve lived in a place for a long time |
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| explore weather maps, looks a pressure changes that are occurring |
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| assumption is made that we have a fluid on a rotating earth that is being rotated by the sun, take laws and solve the equations of the earth |
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| look at today’s pattern and then would search for a similar pattern in the past |
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| wet and cool spring, maybe wet and cool summer |
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| where climates are linked to on the planet, allow us to find statistics to be able to predict forecast |
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| We are working with an atmosphere with _____ _____ fluid. |
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| Billions of years ago, the Sun produced less energy than it does today, and yet, the Earth’s temperature was very warm |
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| shows that ice ages were caused by changes in the orbit’s obliquity, eccentricity, and precession |
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