ATOC 184 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Net Force, Cool Air, Coriolis Force

• School: McGill University
• Department: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
• Course: ATOC 184
• Professor: Eyad Atallah

Document Summary

Causes the whole world to be warmer. Caused by more heat in the oceans being stored at deeper levels and not at the surface. They are the reaction of heat rising up to the surface. Measure of the average speed of molecular movement. Absolute zero = 0 k = -273. 15 c. 0 k = -459. 67 f = -273. 15 c. Temps are more extreme over land than over the ocean because water has a larger heat capacity. It takes more energy to change the temp of water than it does to change the temp pf land. The amount of energy you have to put into something in order to raise its temp by 1 c. Pressure is the weight of the air above you. If there was too much pressure we wouldn"t be able to breathe. The higher up in the atmosphere you go, the less pressure there is.