climate 2
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- a large scale circulation pattern characterized by alternating sinusoidal and zonal flow patterns
- Rosby Wave
- describes energy flux and low level stability using measurements of sensible and latent heat flux
- Bowen ratio
- a cloud type characterized by precipitation hydrospheres
- nimbus
- the temperature at which the rate of condensation exceeds the rate of evaporation
- dew point
- the ratio of radiation reflected from a surface compared to the amount of incident radiation at the surface
- albedo
- a large scale circulation feature characterized by convergence of equatorial winds at the earths surface
- ITCZ
- a circulation feature of the pacific ocean first observed during studies of variation in salmon fisheries productivity
- PDO
- a measure of the non spherical orbit of the earth about the sun
- eccentricity
- large scale circulation featurecharacterized by rising air at the equator and sinking air in mid-latitude regions
- Hadley cell
- a descriptive methodology that indexes long term variability of surface hydralic conditions
- PDSI
- large scale circulation pattern arising from sea water salt concentration and temperature gradients
- thermohaline
- regional changes in wind patterns associated with dramatic changes in precipitation amounts
- monsoon
- an oceanic phenomenon characterized by an increase in ocean surface elevation off the western South American coast
- El Nino
- upper level cloud formation exhibiting vertical development and distinctly formed cloud elements
- cirrocumulus
- the cause of meridional dependent deflection of a particules trajectory
- Coriolis force
- a large scale circulation feature characterized by an east to west direction and location north and south of the equator
- trade winds
- the change in atmospheric temperature as a function of height
- lapse rate
- an area characterized by precipitation deficit from normal conditions
- drought
- events or conditions that occur prior to the onset of another condition and affect its sfficacy
- antecedent
- the seasonally dependent boundary depiciting the maximum average temperature of the earth
- thermal equator
- the time of the year when solar energy rays are perpendicular to the tropic of cancer or tropic of capricorn
- solstice
- an increase in atmospheric temperature with height as aresult of rapid cooling at a lower layer
- inversion
- pertaining to daily changes in the value of an observed atmospheric parameter
- diurnal
- a balance between the pressure gradient and material dependent rational forces
- geostrophic
- a graphical depiction of diurnal and hourly values of time-averaged temperature
- thermoisopleth