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UNIT 2
Chapter 5 - all
Chapter 6 - all
Chapter 7 - all
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wind
prevailing winds
windward
leeward
air pressure
mercury barometer
isobar
lows (cyclones)
highs (anticyclones)
Coriolis Effect
equatorial low
polar high
subtropical high
subpolar low
Aleutian low
Pacific high
trade winds
westerlies
polar easterlies
doldrums
horse latitudes
ITC
polar front
monsoon
land/sea breeze
mountain/valley breeze
Chinook winds
Santa Ana winds
Mono winds
jet streams
Rossby waves |
humidity
evapotransporation
absolute humidity
relative humidity
saturation
dew point
condensation nuclei
advection fog
radiation fog
dew
stratus clouds
cirrus clouds
cumulus clouds
nimbostratus clouds
cumulonimbus clouds
unstable air
stable air
convectional precipitation
convergent precipitation
orographic precipitation
rainshadow effect
rain
snow
sleet
hail
lightning
thunder |
air mass
source region
front
cold front
warm front
stationary front
occuluded front
storm tracks
midlatitude cyclone
polar front model
thunderstorm
squall line
tornado
wind shear
tropical disturbances
hurricane
typhoon
eye
eye wall
storm surge |
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