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ESSENTIALS OF METEOROLOGY AHRENS
CHAPTERS 1 TO 15 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
AND STUDY GUIDE

◉ Water vapour.
Answer: water in a gaseous form


◉ Carbon dioxide.
Answer: colourless, odourless gas that is a selective absorber of
infrared radiation


◉ Ozone.
Answer: colourless gaseous form of oxygen, where the highest
concentration is found in the stratosphere


◉ Aerosol.
Answer: tiny suspended particle that enters the atmosphere from
either natural or human sources


◉ Pollutant.
Answer: any gaseous, chemical, or organic mater that contaminates
the surrounding areas

, ◉ Air density.
Answer: The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume occupied
by it.


◉ Air pressure.
Answer: pressure exerted by the mass of air above a given point


◉ Lapse rate.
Answer: rate at which atmospheric variable (usually temp)
decreases with height


◉ Temperature inversion.
Answer: increase in air temp with height


◉ Radiosonde.
Answer: A ballon-borne instrument that measures and transmits
pressure, temperature, and humidity to a ground-based receiving
station


◉ Troposphere.
Answer: layer of the atmosphere extending from earths surface to
about 10 km above the ground

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