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Glossary Weather & Climate |
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| Anemometer | Used to measure wind speed. |
| Anticyclone | High pressure weather. |
| Climate | The weather conditions over a long period of time. |
| Climate graph | A graph showing total rainfall and temperature during a year. |
| Continental climate | Climate in the interior of large land masses. |
| Convectional rainfall | Caused by rising pockets of warm air which cool and water condenses, then the moist air sinks and causes rainfall. |
| Depression | Low pressure weather. |
| Desertification | When land becomes poor and infertile due to drought and mismanagement. |
| Dew | Condensed water vapour on the surface. |
| Drought | Severe lack of rain. |
| Fog | Water condensed on dust particles. |
| Front | A mass of air. |
| Frontal rain | When less dense warm air meets cold air and the warm air rises above the cold causing rain. |
| Frost | Condensed water vapour frozen on the surface. |
| Global warming | The warming of the earth's temperature due to pollution. |
| Greenhouse effect | Warm air is trapped by CO2 gasses. |
| Isobars | Lines on a weather map to show pressure. |
| Leeward slope | The side of the mountain not facing the prevailing wind. |
| Maritime climate | Climate influenced by the sea. |
| Microclimate | What the climate is like in a small particular area. |
| Mild | Not hot, not cold. (temperate) |
| Prevailing wind | The dominant wind direction. |
| Rainshadow | The area on the leeward slope where it doesn't rain. |
| Relief rainfall | Warm moist air blows in, rises over the hills or mountains, cools, condenses into cloud forming relief rain. |
| Temperate | Not hot, not cold. (mild) |
| Thunderstorm | Heavy rain with lightning and thunder, usually in the summer. |
| Weather | The atmospheric conditions in a particular moment. |
| Windward slope | The side of the mountain facing the prevailing wind where it rains. |
