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Weather
Weather Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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air mass | a large body of air in the troposphere with similar characteristics of pressure, moisture, and temperature |
air pressure gradient | the difference in air pressure for a specific distance |
anemometer | an instrument used to measure wind speed |
barometric pressure | is the pressure due to the weight of the overlying atmosphere pushing down on any given area |
atmospheric transparency | how transparent the atmosphere is to insolation |
cloud cover | is the fraction or percent of the total sky at a location that is covered by clouds |
cold front | is a boundary of an advancing cold air mass and a warmer air mass, where the underlying cold air pushes forward like a wedge |