Earth Science Chapter 16 And 17
Carbon dioxide concentration
.03 percent in the atmosphere
Argon concentration
1 percent in the atmasphere
Oxygen concentration
21 percent in atomasphere
Nitrogen concentration
78 percent in atmosphere
Isotherm
A line that connects points on a line that have the same temperature
Parcel
A section of air a few hundred cubic meters in volume and acts separately from surrounding air.
Dry adiabatic rate
For every 1000 meters gained in altitude unsaturated air decreases in temperature by 10C and vice versa
Latent HeAt
Hidden heat that does not affect the temperature of something
Hygrometer
Moisture measuring instrument
Rime
Supercooled fog or cloud droplets that freeze on an object
Troposphere
The bottom layer of the atmosphere
Albedo
The fraction of total ration reflected by a surface. Earth is 30 percent
Thermosphere
The outermost layer of the atmosphere
The Bergeron Process
The process that makes precipitation with supercooled droplets in clouds and supersaturated humidity
Relative humidity
The ratio between the actual water vapor content and the amount to reach saturation
Stratosphere
The seen on to the bottom layer of the atmosphere
Wet adiabatic Rate
The slower Rate of cooling because of latent heat 5C per 1000 meters
Dew point
The temperature that a parcel of air would need to be to reach saturation
Mesosphere
The third to bottom layer of the atmosphere
Conduction
The transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity
Convection
Transfer of heat through mass movement or circulation throughout a substance
Adiabatic Cooling
When air expands, it cools and when it is compressed it heats up and is the basis of cloud making
Orographic lifting
When air is forced to rise over a mountain range
Saturation (air)
When the air in a closed container has balance between molecules if water leaving and molecules coming in above the surface of the water
Localized convective lifting
When the ground is heated unevenly and warm air rises up as a thermal
Radiation fog
When the surface cools quickly and strips of air by the ground are cooled beyond their dew point and fog ocurres
Advection fog
When warm moist air moves over a cool surface
