GEOG*1300 FINAL EXAM
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1. Cloud seeding leads to cloud formation in the presence of 100% humidity
2. Fog condensing water at ground level
3. Advection fog forms from warm moist air that cools down over cooler surfaces
4. Radiation fog cools down to dew point and can build on top of each other to form layers, usually
is very thick in description
5. Upslope fog air mass with advection hits mountain side and travels upwards to where clouds
would form
6. Steam fog when very cold air moves over very warm air
7. Frontal uplift Uplift of air that occurs along the boundary of contrasting bodies of air
8. Orographic uplift Uplift that occurs when a flowing body of air encounters a mountain range.
9. Convectional up- Uplift of air that occurs when bubbles of warm air rise within an unstable body of
lift air.
10. Convergent Uplift of air that occurs when large bodies of air meet in a central location.
11. Air mass large body of air with uniform conditions
12. Fronts boundaries between air masses
- warm front: warm air advances and is slowly lifted
- cold front: cold air advances and is rapidly lifted (intense precipitation)
13. Midlatitude Cy- well-organized, low-pressure system that migrates across a region. These systems
clones are made of Rossby Waves.
14. High-pressure form when height of pressure surface is higher and anticyclones occur
ridges
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15. Low-pressure form when height of pressure surface is lower
ridges
16. Cyclogenesis the process that forms midlatitude cyclones
17. Evolution of 1. cummulus stage with strong uplifting 2. developing stage when condensation
Thunderstorms releases latent heat 3. mature stage when strong updrafts and intense precipita-
tion forces cold air down to create "downdrafts" 4. dissipation stage
18. Lightning separation of charges with collisions amongst ice crytals that creates positive and
negative ions
19. Stepped leader comes from the negative base of the cloud
20. Streamer comes from the positive portion of the cloud
21. Tornadoes a small, intense cyclons formed in a supercell with the appearance of a funnel
cloud. The horizontal vortex gets pulled vertically in updrafts.
22. Mesocyclone Present before tornadoes and is much larger roating parent material to tornadoes
23. Tropical Cyclones aka hurricanes, do not from along fronts and they are driven by the trade winds.
Fueled by abundant water vapour and latent heat. No wind shear, therefore
cannot be pulled vertically.
24. Proxy (Paleocli- indirect evidence for past climate conditions
matic) data
25. Fractionation any physical or chemical change in a chemical element that results in a change
in relative abundance, driven by mass differences. Partial separation of stable
isotopes.
26. Ecotone wide transitional area between biomes with high biodiversity
27.
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1. Cloud seeding leads to cloud formation in the presence of 100% humidity
2. Fog condensing water at ground level
3. Advection fog forms from warm moist air that cools down over cooler surfaces
4. Radiation fog cools down to dew point and can build on top of each other to form layers, usually
is very thick in description
5. Upslope fog air mass with advection hits mountain side and travels upwards to where clouds
would form
6. Steam fog when very cold air moves over very warm air
7. Frontal uplift Uplift of air that occurs along the boundary of contrasting bodies of air
8. Orographic uplift Uplift that occurs when a flowing body of air encounters a mountain range.
9. Convectional up- Uplift of air that occurs when bubbles of warm air rise within an unstable body of
lift air.
10. Convergent Uplift of air that occurs when large bodies of air meet in a central location.
11. Air mass large body of air with uniform conditions
12. Fronts boundaries between air masses
- warm front: warm air advances and is slowly lifted
- cold front: cold air advances and is rapidly lifted (intense precipitation)
13. Midlatitude Cy- well-organized, low-pressure system that migrates across a region. These systems
clones are made of Rossby Waves.
14. High-pressure form when height of pressure surface is higher and anticyclones occur
ridges
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15. Low-pressure form when height of pressure surface is lower
ridges
16. Cyclogenesis the process that forms midlatitude cyclones
17. Evolution of 1. cummulus stage with strong uplifting 2. developing stage when condensation
Thunderstorms releases latent heat 3. mature stage when strong updrafts and intense precipita-
tion forces cold air down to create "downdrafts" 4. dissipation stage
18. Lightning separation of charges with collisions amongst ice crytals that creates positive and
negative ions
19. Stepped leader comes from the negative base of the cloud
20. Streamer comes from the positive portion of the cloud
21. Tornadoes a small, intense cyclons formed in a supercell with the appearance of a funnel
cloud. The horizontal vortex gets pulled vertically in updrafts.
22. Mesocyclone Present before tornadoes and is much larger roating parent material to tornadoes
23. Tropical Cyclones aka hurricanes, do not from along fronts and they are driven by the trade winds.
Fueled by abundant water vapour and latent heat. No wind shear, therefore
cannot be pulled vertically.
24. Proxy (Paleocli- indirect evidence for past climate conditions
matic) data
25. Fractionation any physical or chemical change in a chemical element that results in a change
in relative abundance, driven by mass differences. Partial separation of stable
isotopes.
26. Ecotone wide transitional area between biomes with high biodiversity
27.
