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weather and climate
Term | Definition |
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air pressure | The force exerted on a surface by the weight of the air. |
climate | The generally occurring weather conditions of a region, such as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. |
humidity | The percent of water vapor is in the air. |
jet streams | Winds concentrated in a narrow and shallow stream in the atmosphere. |
ocean currents | A continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by forces acting upon this mean flow, such as breaking waves, wind, the Coriolis effect, cabbeling, temperature and salinity differences. |
temperature | A degree of hotness or coldness the can be measured using a thermometer. |
weather | The state of the atmosphere at a particular time and place. |