Final Flashcards
(158 cards)
Temperature at which relative humidity reaches 100%
Dew Point
The water cycle
Hydrologic Cycle
Cold and warm air masses collide
Frontal rainfall
Moist air is pushed over a landform
Orographic rainfall
The dry leeward side of the landform
Rainshadow rainfall
Rapidly rising hot air, cools = rain
Conventional rainfall
Upward flows of air from the surface in a Convectional rainstorm
Thermals
A large section of air
Air mass
The leading edge of an air mass
Front
Most violent storm on earth for its size. Winds up to 300mph
Tornado
Measures tornado intensity on a scale of 1 to 5
Fujita scale
Tornados over water
Water spout
Issued by the National Weather Service when atmospheric conditions exist where tornados could form
Tornado watch
Issued by the National Weather Service when a tornado has been sighted
Tornado warning
The center of a hurricane
Eye
Sea water pushed inland by hurricane
Storm surge
The largest compartment of liquid fresh water. (Within 1km/.62 miles, has 100 times the volume of all fresh water in rivers, lakes, reservoirs combined
Groundwater
Area where rocks and soil are fill with water
Zone of saturation
The top edge of the zone of saturation
Water table
Water bearing rocks
Aquifers
Area that adds water to aquifers
Recharge zone
An aquifer that is trapped between layers of non aquifers, pressure builds and forces water upward
Artesian Well
The height water is pushed up in an artesian well
Pieziometric level
Worlds largest lake, 5,000ft deep. In Siberia
Lake Baykal