Weather
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- satelite
- orbit earth & transmit info about winds, clouds, ground temp. & ocean waves (has radar and a camera)
- stratosphere
- contains ozone level which sheilds the sun's ultra violet rays, occasional cloud and turbulence, altitude 6-30 miles
- METEOSAT
- a european polar- orbiting weather satelite that orbits the earth from pole to pole
- troposphere
- the air we breathe-has 99% of all atmosphere's molecules altitude decreases with hight by 4 degrees F every 1,000 feet
- the sun
- energizes the atmosphere into what we know as weather
- exosphere
- consists mainly of hydrogen atoms altitude 310 miles
- factors that determine weather
- air pressure, wind, temperature, moisture in the air
- mesosphere
- contains nitrogen and oxygen molecules altitude 30-50 miles, temperature range= -30-0 degrees F
- GOMS
- a Russian european polar- orbiting weather satelite that orbits the earth from pole to pole
- radar
- stands for radio detection and ranging, measures winds, rainfall, tracking of storms (pulses are sent out and reflected by raindrops, snowflakes, and hail. computers display this by the heavier the rain, snow, or hail, the more energy is returned)
- greenhouse gasses keep earth's temp at
- 59 degrees F
- weather balloons
- take electronic intruments high into the air/atmosphere & transmit readings to ground stations-are inflated with hydrogen/helium to make them lighter than air
- AWS (automatic weather station)
- highly technical pieces of equiptment based on the ground that take pictures and readings of temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure & transmit to weather stations
- atmosphere obscuring methods
- satelites, radar, weather balloons, AWS (automatic weather station)
- GMS
- a Japanese polar- orbiting weather satelite that orbits the earth from pole to pole
- NOAA
- national oceanic and atmospheric administration
- FIVE LAYERS OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE*
- troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
- function of atmosphere
- reervoir for life-giving O2& water vapor, protect from sun's ultraviolet rays, protects earth from incoming meteoroids
- atmosphere
- the multi-layered 600 mile sheild of gasses that surround earth
- weather
- daily conditions of the atmosphere
- GOES
- geostationary operational environmental satelites
- water cycle
- the sun provides the energy to evaporate water into the atmosphere where it forms clouds & eventually falls back to earth
- thermosphere
- below exosphere altitude 50-310 miles, temperature range= -120 degrees F
- greenhouse effect
- natural heating process of earth and its atmosphere