Intro to Climate Studies 2021-2022 (ENSC 220) Investigation 5A

heavy intense rainfall occurred at the eye of the wall at roughly up to _______- mm/hr.

50

By the time the storm became a nor'easter, its heat energy source was from the ______.

atlantic ocean

Mid-latitude cloud masses are storm systems that transport warm humid air poleward to be replaced by colder drier polar air moving equatorward. They transfer ______ within Earth's climate system.

both water mass and heat energy

two darker irregular bands located north and south of the equator indicate the presence of ______ air.

dry

The dominant horizontal motion in the ITCZ is from ______.

east to west

the tropical storm system moves from _________.

east to west

the atmospheric energy flow starts with ________.

evaporation from ocean surfaces; evaporation from land surfaces; transpiration by vegetation"

Water vapor is often carried great distances before it condenses to liquid or solid cloud particles, transporting ______ heat energy from one place to another.

latent

the storm had moved toward the ______, which is a common characteristic of mid-latitude storm systems.

northeast

the highest rates are at more ________ locations in August than in February.

northerly

water vapor fuels the above storm system in its early stages (upper image) from the ______.

pacific ocean

the position of the patches of brightest clouds surrounded by light gray shadings near the equator show that, at this time of the year, particularly over South America, Africa, and near Australia, the ITCZ is largely ______ of the equator.

south

the highest rates of rainfall occur over _______.

water

The curving swirls of water vapor in the middle latitudes of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres reveal winds transporting water vapor horizontally over great distances within the atmosphere. In the middle latitudes, the dominant horizontal motion in both hemispheres is from _______.

west to east