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Meteorology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Atmospheric Pressure (air pressure) | The pressure exerted by the weight of air in the atmosphere of Earth. |
| Barometer | A device used in measuring air pressure. |
| Altitiude | The height of an object in relation to sea or ground level. |
| Greenhouse Effect | The process by which radiation from a planets atmosphere warms the planets surface to a temperature above what it would be without its atmosphere. |
| Anemometer | An instrument used in measuring the speed of wind |
| Air Mass | A body of air horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure. |
| Warm Front | The boundary of an advancing mass of warm air. |
| Cold Front | The boundary of an advancing mass of cold air. |
| Stationary Front | A pair of air masses, neither one being able to replace the other |
| Occluded Front | A composite front produced by occlusion |
| Weather Frorecast | The application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere at a certain location. |
| Meteorologist | Scientist who study the atmosphere. |
| Cumulus | A cloud forming rounded masses heaped on each other above a flat base at fairly low altitude. Usually brings fair weather. |
| Cirrus | Cloud forming wispy filamentous tufted streaks. Usually brings fair or unpleasant weather |
| Stratus | Cloud forming a continuous horizontal gray layered, sheet of clouds. Usually brings unpleasant weather. |
| Global | Relating to the whole world ( worldwide) |
| Coriolis Effect | An effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and the axis of rotation. |
| Local | Relating to a particular area. |
| Land Breeze | A breeze blowing toward the sea from land. |
| Sea Breeze | A breeze blowing toward the land from sea. |
| Thunderstorm | A storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail. |
| Hurricane | A storm with a violent wind, in particular to a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean. |
| Tornado | A mobile destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel- shaped cloud. |
| Water Spout | A rotating column water and spray formed by a whirlwind occurring over the sea or other body of water. |
| Lightning | The occurring of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud or within as cloud and the ground accompanied by a big flash and also thunder |
| Blizzard | A severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility. |
| Flood | An overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is dry land. |
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