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Solar Energy
It is often called the solar resource or just sunlight.
Solar Energy
It is a general term for electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun.
Solar Radiation
It is made up of the sun electromagnetic energy for various wave length.
Half is reflected and the other half passes through earth surface
What happens to radiation as it enters the earth atmosphere?
Atmospheric effect including absorption scattering, Local Variation in the atmospheric such as water vapor, and cloud pollution, Latitude and Location, and Season and the year of time and day
What are the 4 main effects of solar radiation?
Thin Gaseous envelope
Earth’s atmosphere is a?
30 kilometer
How many kilometer does 99% of atmospheric gases, including water vapor extend above earth’s surface?
10 to 15 km
Most of our weather occurs within the first _____________?
78%
How much is the composition of nitrogen in our atmosphere?
21%
How much is the composition of oxygen in the atmosphere?
0 to 4%
How much is the composition of water vapor in the atmosphere?
.037%
How much is the composition of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
Condensed vapor
It is said that clouds are not gas but _____________________ in the form of liquid droplets.
reactants of nitrogen and ozone
Ground based smog, which is visible contains?
Ozone
It is the primary ingredient of smog
18%
What percent does CO2 has risen more than since 1958?
Fossil fuels
They are considered as the biggest problem
water vapor and carbon dioxide
What gases are mainly responsible for the earth’s atmospheric greenhouse effect?
Greenhouse Effect
It is a way in which heat is trapped close to Earth’s surface by “greenhouse gases”.
greenhouse gases
These can be thought of as a blanket wrapped around Earth.
suspended aerosols
As what does human and natural activities displace tiny soil, salt, and ash particles?
Atmospheric Aerosol
Also known as particulate matter, as a suspension and fine solid particles and liquid.
Fog, Mist, Smoke, and Automobile exhaust
What are the examples of Aerosols?
pollutants
It is a substance that pollute something especially water or the atmospheric.
Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, Water Pollution, and Soil Pollution
What are the types of Pollution?
Density
It is a mass per volume
Density
It is the measure of how closely molecules are patched together.
greater density
The closer together they are the _______________ are since air is gas and molecules can patch tightly a spread out.
Air molecules
They move a lot and bump into things.
Air Pressure
It is defined as the weight of air processing against in a given area.
14.7 psi at sea level
What does the whole column of gases weigh as gravity pulls gases toward earth’s surface?
1013.25 mb or 29.92 in.Hg.
How much is the pressure at when gravity pulls gases toward earth’s surface?
Air Pressure
It is the amount of force exerted over an area of surface
Air Density
It is the number of air molecules in a given space(volume).
Vertical pressure variation
It is the variation in pressure as a function of elevation
height
What does atmospheric pressure decreases rapidly with?
Lapse Rate
It is the rate at which air temperature decreases with height
6.5 degree C per 1 km or 3.6 degree F per 1000 ft
What is the standard(average) lapse in the lower atmosphere?
Temperature Inversion
It is when cold air is trapped at the ground under a layer of warm air.
Thermal inversion
Temperature inversion is also called as _______________.
Thermal inversion/Temperature inversion
It is a reversal of normal behavior of temperature of temperature in troposphere.
Inversion
It is when an increase in air temperature with height is often called simply as _____________.
Radiosonde
It is an instrument that measures the vertical profile of air temperature in the atmosphere
Atmospheric Layer
Blanket of gas on the surface on planet Earth atmosphere is the mixture of gases that surrounds the planet.
Troposphere 2. Tropopause 3. Stratosphere 4. Stratopause 5. Mesosphere 6. Mesopause 7. Thermosphere 8. Exosphere
What are the 8 atmospheric layers?
Troposphere
It is the lowest layer of the atmosphere of the Earth
Troposphere
It is where most weather phenomena occur
Tropopause
It is the atmospheric boundary that demarcates the troposphere from the stratosphere.
Stratosphere
It is the 2nd layer of the atmosphere of the Earth and is located above troposphere and below mesosphere.
Stratopause
It is the level of the atmosphere which is the boundary between 2 layers: stratosphere and mesosphere.
Stratopause
The region where a maximum in the temperature occurs.
Mesosphere
The 3rd layer of the atmosphere
Mesosphere
The coldest atmospheric layer surrounding the Earth
Mesosphere
It is the layer where most meteor burn up.
Mesopause
The point of minimum temperature at the boundary between the mesosphere and the thermosphere atmospheric regions.
Thermosphere
The hottest layer on ionosphere absorbs the sun radiation
Exosphere
The outermost layer of the atmosphere
Exosphere
It is a thin, atmosphere-like volume surrounding a planet/natural satellite
Troposphere
It is where air temperature decreases with height
Ozone
In Stratosphere, what plays a major part in heating the air at this altitude?
Mesosphere
Also known as the middle atmosphere
Radio Wave
It is called transmitter which is connected to an antenna connected to a radio receiver which process the received signal.
Radio Broadcasting, Cellular Networks, Radar, Satellite Communication, and Navigation and Air Traffic control
Give the 5 examples of Radio Waves
air temperature, air pressure, humidity, clouds, precipitation, visibility, and wind
What are the elements weather is compromised of?
Weather
It is what you see outside on any particular day
Weather
It is the connection in the air at a particular tie such as wind rain or temperature
Weather
It refers to the temperature condition of the atmosphere layer of air.
Temperature
The degree of hotness or coldness of object
Air Pressure
It is the force per unit of area exerted on the earth surface by the weight of air force the pressure
Humidity
The amount of water vapor in air
Clouds
A visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere
Precipitation
The action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution and any liquid water that forms in the atmosphere to falls back to the earth.
Visibility
The measure of the distance at which an object or light can be clearly discerned
Sunshine Duration
The amount of sunshine the Earth receives
Wind
The moving of air that is caused by difference in air pressure within on atmosphere
Climate
It is the sum total of weather condition and variations over a large area in a period of time
Tropical, Day, Warm, Cold(snow forest), and Cold(climate)
What are the types of Climate?
Satellite Instruments
It routinely takes measurements of the Earth’s surface temperature that are essential for weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
the Planck radiation law
It is possible to derive the temperature by measuring the infrared emissions from the Earth surface by the means of ___________________.
Weather forecasting, Television Signal, and Amateur radio and internet communication
Give the 3 examples of Satellite instrument
Meteorologists
They are the one who may study larger weather patterns with space borne instruments, while ground-based tools often measure a single point (GOES SAT)
Tornado
It is the most violent disturbance in atmosphere
Weather Map
It is a chart showing the current climate while allowing us to predict future weather trends
ground-based instruments
From where do meteorologists generate diagrams of observed weather?
100 times every second
How many times does Lighting strikes earth?
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