ocean final
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- air pressure
- the pressure exerted by the atmosphere
- stratosphere
- extend upward from tro. altitude of 50
- formation of wind
- Wind is formed due to the atmospheric pressure difference between two places, and the pressure differences are initiated by the heating (from the sun) and cooling of the earth
- thermosphere
- layer above the mesophere
- coriolis effect
- (physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation
- low density
- Materials with this have a tendancy to float.
- ekman spiral
- consequence of the Coriolis effect which causes ocean water to move to the right of applied forces in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere
- relative humidity
- the ratio of the amount of water in the air at a give temperature to the maximum amount it could hold at that temperature
- isotherms
- lines joining places that have the same temperature are
- heat capacity
- The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a specified amount of a substance by 1°C or 1 K.
- climate
- the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
- greenhouse effect
- warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere
- mesophere
- coldest layer, extends upward the stratosphere to an altitude of 80 km
- high density
- Material with this have a tendancy to sink.
- albedo
- the ratio of reflected to incident light
- density
- the amount per unit size
- troposphere
- closets to the earths surface all weather occurs here