EAES 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Water Vapor, Rain Shadow, Surface 3
20 Sep 2016
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Climate or weather: weather (what you get) Weather: state of the atmosphere at a particular time and place b. Includes: temperature, pressure, humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, etc: changes on an hourly, daily, seasonal basis, climate (what you expect, expected weather at a place over a long period of time. b. Includes not only average conditions, but the range of conditions and possibility of unusual conditions: place can be as large as entire earth or as small as one town. Iclicker: if we have a very cold and snowy winter in chicago, is this evidence against global warming: no, because a single winter does not give sufficient evidence one way or another about climate change. Iclicker: in which atmospheric atmosphere layer does weather occur: troposphere. Iclicker: in which pressure system would you expect to have sunny, calm weather associated: high pressure.
