GEOG 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Weather Vane, Anders Celsius, Fahrenheit
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In a moments view of the element which documents the lower atmosphere. Windy, cloudy, sunny, snowy, rainy, foggy, etc. Refers to the condition of temperature, wind, pressure, and precipitation. Weather changes rapidly: sometimes every hour or less, temperature (solar energy sun, precipitation (moisture, relative humidity, rain/snow, winds, speed, direction, atmospheric pressure, high, low. Precipitation: rainfall = rain gauge, snowfall = snowboard, relative humidity = sling psychrometric, humidity = hygrometer. Wind: wind speed = anemometer, wind direction = wind vane. Atmospheric pressure: air pressure = barometer. Observations of the weather elements at a place over a long period of time. Important in understanding the distribution of people, plants, and animals around the globe. Scientific study of the (cid:448)ariatio(cid:374)s of (cid:272)li(cid:373)ates of the earth"s surfa(cid:272)e (cid:271)oth past a(cid:374)d prese(cid:374)t is (cid:272)alled climatology. Measure of the quantity of heat energy present in a body. Measure of the intensity or the degree of hotness or coldness in a body.
