ATM OCN 101 Study Guide - Advection, Thunderstorm, Ultraviolet

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Review: hand in forecasts / hw #3, last week saturday high 32, low 18, precip. trace (snow = . 1 inches, the snow happened a little earlier then expected. All before midnight: weekly discussions, contours ok, we will do more contouring later in the semester, this weeks topic . What is energy: energy is the ability to do work on some form of matter. Thermodynamics: the sum of all energies is constant. What is heat: heat is the energy in the process of being transferred from one object to another because of the temperature difference between them, heat is measured in. Joules = 1 n*m = 1 kg * m^2/s^2. More commonly measured in calories: calorie heat energy needed to raise 1 gram of water by 1 degree celsius. 1 calorie = 4. 186 joules: calorie commonly used to measure energy content of food.

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