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BFS - Meteorology

This class was created by Brainscape user Mikhail Casalis. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Mikhail Casalis
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Decks in this class (22)

C01 - The Atmosphere
Up to which height does the compo...,
Name the composition of dry air a...,
Carbon dioxide co absorbs ____ wh...
30  cards
C02 - Temperature and Heating
What is the definition of tempera...,
What is the freezing and boiling ...,
What is the freezing and boiling ...
51  cards
C03 - Atmospheric Pressure
What type of atmospheric pressure...,
What type of atmospheric pressure...,
Falling air pressure is associate...
50  cards
C04 - Atmospheric Density
Define air density,
The greater the mass of air insid...,
What is the lift equation
27  cards
C05 - Pressure Systems
A low pressure system is also kno...,
Low pressure systems are characte...,
The expansion of rising air cause...
55  cards
C06 - Altimetry
What does qfe measure,
Qfe is the ____ pressure at the a...,
Qfe is the recorded ____ pressure...
42  cards
C07 - Humidity
Define humidity,
What is the term given when chang...,
What is the term given when chang...
32  cards
C08 - Adiabatic Processes and Stability
When a parcel of air has a natura...,
Rising air cools causing ____ clo...,
Define adiabatic process
45  cards
C09 - Turbulence and Windshear
Define turbulence,
Define windshear,
What affect does turbulence have ...
62  cards
C10 - Low Level Winds
Define wind,
Define wind velocity,
Wind direction is given using ___...
61  cards
C11 - Upper Winds and Jet Streams
The wind at higher levels are fas...,
True or false the pressure differ...,
What type of pressure will you fi...
42  cards
C12 - Cloud Classification
Name the three types of cloud cla...,
Name three basic types of cloud,
Clouds which are fibrous wispy or...
46  cards
C13 - Cloud Formation and Precipitation
Define advection,
Describe an example of advection,
During advection what happens in ...
79  cards
C14 - Thunderstorms
0  cards
C15 - Icing
0  cards
C16 - Visibility
0  cards
C17 - Air Masses
Define air mass,
How does an air mass obtain its p...,
When an air mass moves across a w...
47  cards
C18 - Fronts and Frontal Depressions
What is a warm front,
What is a cold front,
Little movement of either air mas...
74  cards
C19 - Non-Frontal Depressions
0  cards
C20 - Climatology
0  cards
C21 - Remote Sensing
0  cards
C22 - Reporting and Forecasting
0  cards

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