ATM_SC 1050 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Beach Ball, Climatology, Black Body
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The study of weather variables, the processes that cause weather and the interaction of the atmosphere with the earth"s surface, ocean, and life. The study of climate including past conditions and possible climate changes for the future. The condition of the atmosphere at any particular time and place. The condition of the atmosphere over many years. The same variables are used for climate as with weather. Averages: normal high 30 year avg. high temperature for a given date and location. Extremes: record high the highest temperature ever recorded for a given date and location. If you"d shrink the earth down to the size of a beach ball, the inhabitable atmosphere would be thinner than a piece of paper. Those substances exist in solids, liquids and gasses. 99% of the atmosphere resides near earth"s surface. A gaseous layer enveloping a planetary surface (earth isn"t the only planet with an atmosphere) Carbon dioxide
