An idealized description of the way the wind-driven ocean currents vary with depth;
in the atmosphere it represents the way the winds vary from the surface up through
the friction layer
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Ekman Spiral
The state of the atmosphere when there is a balance between the vertical pressure
gradient force and the downward pull of gravity
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Hydrostatic Equilibrium
,A boundary that separates warm, dry air from war, moist air; usually represents a zone
of instability along which a thunderstorm forms
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Dryline
A linkage between weather changes occurring in widely separated regions of the
world
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Teleconnections
The dominant westerly winds that blow in the middle latitudes on the poleward side
of the subtropical high pressure areas
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Westerlies
A diagram that shows the percent of time that the wind blows from different directions
at a given location over a given time
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, Wind Rose
A front that is present aloft but usually does not extend down to the ground
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Upper Air Front
The horizontal boundary that marks the leading edge of cooler marine air associated
with a sea breeze
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Sea Breeze Front
A unit for measuring atmospheric pressure (hPa); equal to one millibar
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Hectopascal
The normal meteorological synoptic scale for obtaining weather information; in can
cover an area ranging from the size of a continent to the entire globe
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, Macroscale
A local wind system of a mountain that that blows uphill during the day
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Valley Breeze
The belt of latitude at about 30 to 35 degrees where winds are predominantly light
and the weather is hot and dry
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Horse Lattitudes
Any irregular or disturbed flow in the atmosphere that produces gusts and eddies
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Turbulence
Any wind blowing downslope; it is usually cold
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in the atmosphere it represents the way the winds vary from the surface up through
the friction layer
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Ekman Spiral
The state of the atmosphere when there is a balance between the vertical pressure
gradient force and the downward pull of gravity
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Hydrostatic Equilibrium
,A boundary that separates warm, dry air from war, moist air; usually represents a zone
of instability along which a thunderstorm forms
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Dryline
A linkage between weather changes occurring in widely separated regions of the
world
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Teleconnections
The dominant westerly winds that blow in the middle latitudes on the poleward side
of the subtropical high pressure areas
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Westerlies
A diagram that shows the percent of time that the wind blows from different directions
at a given location over a given time
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, Wind Rose
A front that is present aloft but usually does not extend down to the ground
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Upper Air Front
The horizontal boundary that marks the leading edge of cooler marine air associated
with a sea breeze
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Sea Breeze Front
A unit for measuring atmospheric pressure (hPa); equal to one millibar
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Hectopascal
The normal meteorological synoptic scale for obtaining weather information; in can
cover an area ranging from the size of a continent to the entire globe
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, Macroscale
A local wind system of a mountain that that blows uphill during the day
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Valley Breeze
The belt of latitude at about 30 to 35 degrees where winds are predominantly light
and the weather is hot and dry
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Horse Lattitudes
Any irregular or disturbed flow in the atmosphere that produces gusts and eddies
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Turbulence
Any wind blowing downslope; it is usually cold
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