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Ch.12
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| weather | short-term variations in atmosphere phenomena that interact and affect the environment and life on Earth. |
| climate | the long-term average of variation in weather for a particular area. |
| air mass | large volume of air that has the characteristics of the are over which it forms. |
| source region | area over which an air mass forms. |
| Coriolis effect | effect of a rotating body that influences the motin of any object or fluid; on Earth, air moving north or south from the equator appears to move right or left, respectively; the combination of the Coriolis effect and Earth's heat imbalance creates the tra |
| polar easterlies | |
| prevailing westerlies | |
| trade winds | |
| jet stream | |
| front | |
| thermometer | |
| barometer | |
| anemometer | |
| hygrometer | |
| radiosonde | |
| Doppler effect | |
| station model | |
| isobar | |
| isotherm | |
| digital forecast | |
| analog forecast |