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Climate
The composite or Generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation,
sunshine, cloudiness and winds averaged over a series of years.
Climate
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Convection
The transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas
Convection
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Ozone
A form of oxygen with a peculiar odor suggesting that of weak chlorine, produced with an electric spark or ultraviolet light is
passed through air or oxygen
Ozone
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Stratosphere
The region of the upper atmosphere extending upward from the tropopause to
about 30 miles above the earth
Stratosphere
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Thermosphere
The region of the upper atmosphere in which temperature increases continuously with
altitude, encompassing essentially all of the atmosphere above the mesosphere.
Thermosphere
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Half-life
Is the time required for half the nuclei in a sample of a specific isotopic species to undergo radioactive decay
Half-life
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Psychrometer
An instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two
thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated
Psychrometer
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Isobar
A line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the
barometric pressure is the same
Isobar
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Chinook
A warm, dry wind that blows at intervals down the eastern slopes of
the Rocky Mountains
Chinook
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Monsoon
A wind system that influences large climactic regions and reverses direction
seasonally. A wind from the southwest or south that brings heavy rainfall to southern
Asia in the summer
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