Meteorology vocab

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Chemical compounds in fridges & aerosol sprays that destroy ozone

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Chloroflourocarbons

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Air moves from cooler sea to warmer land during the day.

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sea breeze

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Amount of water vapor in air

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humidity

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Lines on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure

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isobars

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Water falling from clouds (rain, snow, sleet, hail)

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precipitation

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Moisture in air vs. max capacity at temp

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relative humidity

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Atmospheric state at a specific time and place

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weather

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Causes air & water to turn right in the northern hemisphere due to Earth's rotation

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Coriolis effect

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Heat transfer by material flow

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convection

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Layer of charged particles in the thermosphere

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ionosphere