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CDC study
Question | Answer |
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What is the most important of all the climatic elements? | Temperature |
What are the highest and lowest values for any given meteorological element that have been recorded at the place of observation? | Absolute |
What mountains prevent polar air masses from moving southward? | Himalayas Alps |
Which sides do mountains recieve the greatest amount of precipitation? | Windward |
What is the basic cause for deflection of ocean currents and air? | Corilis force |
Which North Atlantic current/system is similar to the Kuroshio system? | Gulf Stream System |
What is the cause of the ravine wind? | Pressure gradient |
What temperature value is used to calculate heating degree days? | sixtyfive |
What is the effect of the North Equatorial Current on the ckimate of northwestern Africa? | milder climate |
what climatological product is produced to provide professional engineers with useful information in the design and maintenance of buildings? | EWD |
What are the following examples of squall lines, thunderstorms, tornados, and land/sea breezes. | Mesoscale systems |
What is a specific synoptic and/or ,esoscale weather pattern that affects the weather at a particular location? | weather regime |
what is the analytical process that involves analyzing at the largest scale first then focusing downward to the smallest scale? | Forecast funnel |