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Insolation
The measure of sunlight
Temperature, air pressure, Ocean currents,
What does insolation effect?
Albedo
Measurement of the reflection of potentially receivable insolation off a surface
Reflection
Potentially receivable insolation is sent back inro space or trophosphere
Reradiation
Earth absorbs short-wave energy and releases it back into the atmosphere in the form of long-wave radiation
Lapse Rate
Rate of changing in temperature with altitude overaging
Temperature inversion
When rapid reradiation causes the earth’s surface than at the surface itself (“
Valley Breeze
Warm air moves up slopes into mountain regions
Convectional Precipitation
Rising, heated moisture-laden air
Orographic Semester
Warm, moist air forced up a mountain where it cools and condenses at higher altitudes