(1) A lot of people may use the terms weather, climate, and meteorology somewhat interchangeably, or maybe without knowing exactly what each term means. Seeing as weather affects people every day, it is important to know what each term means and how to be able to use those terms correctly.
The term weather is defined as the state of the atmosphere at a particular location at a particular time. For example, in Madison, Wisconsin the weather may be 20 degrees Fahrenheit and sunny, while the weather in Milwaukee, Wisconsin might be 25 degrees and snowing. These two cities aren’t very far apart, but they could have different things going on in the atmosphere. Weather is comprised of temperature, moisture in the atmosphere, pressure in the
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atmosphere, and wind as well. Climate is simply the average of weather over a long period of time. Over the course of a few months, the climate in Madison and Milwaukee may be pretty similar. Climate could be thought of as what is expected, while weather would be what is actually happening. Meteorology is simply the study of weather. There is a lot that goes into figuring out weather and what to expect in the coming hours or days. They use many different pieces of technology to measure various parts of the atmosphere to come to the conclusion of what weather a city can expect in the near future. The season are looked at too by meteorologists, and how different seasons are more likely to have certain weather conditions. The difference in these three terms aren’t too great. They all deal with the same things, however it’s important to note the differences between all three because weather, climate and meteorology each have their important aspects that set them apart from the others. Weather is right now, climate is over a long period of time, and meteorology is the study of weather. (2) It’s pretty common knowledge that the temperature near the oceanfront is generally cooler than the temperature more inland. The cause of this is pretty simple, and has to do with how much land is able to heat and cool, versus bodies of water which don’t heat or cool too easily. While the sun is out, there is energy being thrown at the Earth constantly.
Some of this energy makes it through the atmosphere, and makes its way to the surface. The sun’s rays that hit the land are able to heat the land up more and faster than those rays that hit the water’s surface. Land is a much better conductor of heat than water is. Take for instance, if a person walks on the sand at the beach, the sand could be very hot and almost unbearable to stand on depending on the day, however moving into the water that has been under the same conditions all day is very cool compared to the sand. The other part of this, is not only how quickly land heats up compared to water, land cools much more rapidly too. Going onto the same beach at night, the sand is super cool, and in comparison to the sand during the day the variation in temperature is quite a lot. Walking into the water, the temperature is going to be similar as to how it was during the day due to water not absorbing, or letting go of heat very easily. Land temperatures in certain areas can change by 20 degrees, while the temperature of the water could only change by 2 – 4 degrees.
The differences in ability of the land versus the sea to transport heat is apparent especially at the beach. This difference can translate into how the temperature is in the area too, from the water keeping the air cooler, than if there was just a bunch of land getting warmed up all day, the temperature at the same latitude would probably be
warmer. (6) What happens if two columns of air are in close proximity to one another, with one column being warm, and the other column being cool? For example, on the beach, the heat of the sand will be warming the air above it, while the cool water will be keeping the temperature of the air above it cooler. This is a common occurrence in the world today, and with a little thought it’s a pretty simple process. The air above the sand is being heated, and common knowledge tells us that heat rises, but the air that’s rising has to be replaced by something. Colder air sinks to the surface because it’s denser than warm air, and since there is cool air over the water, this air will be moving towards the land to replace the air that was heated by the sand and rose up into the atmosphere. The shift in air from cool to warm will result in some wind blowing from the sea to the land. As the air over the water moves inland, the air above it has to be replaced with something else. Since the air being heated by the land is being pushed upwards, the warmer air over land, will be shifting towards the water and starting too cool down. This is pretty cyclical how this transportation of air happens. Cooler air over the water moves towards the land at low heights, and warmer air over the land moves towards the water at higher heights. Another aspect to this is a more steady temperature in areas that have a large body of water nearby due to this exchange between air over land and sea. Basically the air over land, is heated and moves up and the air over water is cooled. The results of this movement in air masses over land and air, results in wind blowing in land at low heights, and out towards the water at higher heights. This simple cyclical motion creates wind, and air movement that affects the weather in these areas in close proximity to both land and water.
Climate and weather are similar, describing how the atmosphere behaves, the difference being the timescale (Conway, 2010). Weather is a short-term scale of temperature and precipitation, usually considering weeks or less (ibid). Climate, however, is a long term description of months or longer, describing different seasons and trends of temperature and precipitation. Climate of Vancouver is typically mild during the spring and summer and damp during the autumn and winter, and unlike other mountainous areas of British Columbia, it is not excessively cold or snowy (“Hello BC”, n.d.).
Climate change is the change in the “average weather” in a specific location. This can include temperature, precipitation, wind, humidity, and the different seasons. Climate change is caused by the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse
Scientists have determined that weather systems are changeable. Over a large amount of time, the earths tilt changes, causing the axis’s to tilt more one way then it used to, and thus changing the weather. Greenhouse gasses may also change the weather, making our climate either much hotter or much cooler. Ice caps and deserts have one thing in common, one small change in the weather can change them- and they will change the world.
If one was to discuss weather with his neighbor I am sure certain questions would come up. Most of these will deal with rain or in the winter snow, but most questions usually regard something falling, or not falling, from the sky. I think bad weather is talked about more than good weather. During good weather most people just say, "this is good weather," and leave it at that.
Tornadoes are some of the most unpredictable weather we have on earth. Tornadoes belong to the category of meteorology in earth science. Meteorology is the science that deals with the weather and conditions. A tornado is a violent destructive whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud that progress in a narrow path over the land, (Merriam-Webster, 2014).
Furthermore, weather is conditions that occurred very recently or are currently happening at a particular location. For example, people might say, “The sky is really clearing up!” or maybe, “It snowed 6 inches last night.” The current temperature, dew-point, relative humidity, cloud cover, and precipitation all have to do with the weather. The fundamental cause of weather is the effect of the Sun and the Earth due to the fact that
Climate change occurs when there is a significant variance in the climate which last for several decades or longer and not for a short period of time. Climate change includes changes in elements such as temperature, precipitation and wind patterns.
Climate change is a change in the Earth’s normal temperatures. Throughout Earth’s history the climate of the planet has changed drastically.(Nasa, 2015) As an example when the dinosaurs roamed the earth is was sunny and full of plants. Then the Ice Age came around and the earth was barren and cold.(Attenbrough,20--
The currents at the surface of the ocean are split in to two categories, tidal currents and surface currents. Tidal currents occur around land masses and are influenced mainly by the gravitational pull of our sun and moon. They change rapidly but predictably and contribute to surface currents. Surface currents occur over different areas of earth’s ocean. Two main factors affecting the surface currents are wind and the Coriolis Effect. The Coriolis Effect explains how the rotation of the earth seems to cause a deflection of anything moving above the earth’s surface. It is this effect that causes winds and water in the northern hemisphere to appear to deflect to the right and in the southern hemisphere to deflect to the left. One of the major surface currents is the Gulf Stream. Water in around the Caribbean is warmed by the sun and then carried north and east along the coast North America. These sun warmed waters release their stored energy into the westerly winds and Northern Europe benefits by having a much milder winter than t...
Climate change is one of the most discussed topics of the twenty-first century. Although this subject is very often on the daily basis of lots of people, most of them do not know much about it. So let us define climate change. People think that climate change is the same thing as global warming. However, global warming only represents one aspect of climate that is temperature. Climate change is any significant change in temperature, precipitation, or a wind pattern that occur over several decades or longer.
Climate change refers to a change in global or regional climate patterns. Scientists agree that climate change is already beginning to transform life on Earth. The recent rise in global temperatures has brought changes in the weather and the climate. Many places globally have seen changes in rainfall and weather patterns. We may not like it but climate change is one of the most important issues that have effects in many parts in our daily lives. If climate change isn’t slowed down it will have a significant impact on global temperature, sea levels, human diseases, and wildlife.
Precipitation: Clouds in the air drop rain on land in the form of water, hail or snow.
In the statistical distribution of weather condition and its perfect pattern in an amount of time ranging from decades to centuries to millions of years, a substantial, long-lasting and drastic change is largely known as Climate change. It may be a change in more or fewer extreme weather events or in the distribution of weather more or less the average conditions or in average weather conditions. With the usage of theoretical models and observations methods, scientists, experts and specialists in this particular field actively works in order to perfectly understand past and future climate under certain situation and circumstances.
Climate change is the long-term shift in weather patterns in a specific region or globally. Climate change refers to changes in a regions overall weather patterns. These include temperature changes, precipitation and cloud cover (www.ecolife.com).