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Chapter 12

Across
Line on a weather map connecting areas of equal pressure
Effect of a rotating body that influences the motion of any object or fluid; on Earth, air moving north or south from the equator appears to move right or left, respectively; the combination of the Coriolis effect and Earth's heat imbalance creates the trade winds, polar easterlies, and prevailing westerlies
Line on a weather map connecting areas of equal temperature
Global wind systems that lie between latitudes 60 degrees N and S and the poles and is characterized by cold air
Balloon-borne weather instrument whose sensors measure air pressure, humidity, temperature, wind speed, and wind direction in the upper atmosphere
Global wind systems that lies between 30 degrees and 60 degrees N and S latitudes, where surface air moves toward the poles in an easterly direction
Instrument used to measure temperature using either the Fahrenheit or Celsius scale
Area over which an air mass forms
The long-term average variation in weather for a particular area
Instrument used to measure air pressure
Down
Boundary between two air masses of differing densities; can be cold, warm, stationary, or occluded and can stretch over large areas of Earth's surface
Weather forecast that uses numerical data to predict how atmospheric variables change over time
Weather instrument used to measure humidity
Change in the wave frequency that occurs due to the relative motion of the wave as it moves toward or away from an observer
Two global wind systems that flow between 30 degrees N and S latitudes, where air sinks, warms, and returns to the equator in a westerly direction
Large volume of air that has the characteristics of the area over which it forms
Weather forecast that compares current weather patterns to patterns that occurred in the past
Record of weather data for a specific place at a specific time, using meteorological symbols
Weather instrument used to measure wind speed
Narrow wind band that occurs above large temperature contrasts and can flow as fast as 185 km/h
Short-term variations in atmosphere phenomena that interact and affect the environment and life on Earth