18 Questions
What is the main factor influencing the spatial distribution of precipitation?
Frontal Precipitation
Which type of precipitation is characterized by intense, short-duration storms that are highly variable in space and time?
Convectional Precipitation
What is the term for the thinnest fog?
Mist
Which type of radiation refers to sunlight that reaches the Earth's surface without being scattered?
Total Radiation
What is the term for a feathery deposit of ice formed on the ground by frozen dew or water vapor?
Frost
Which type of precipitation event is often associated with extreme weather conditions like thunderstorms or hurricanes?
Convectional Precipitation
Which type of radiation is direct sunlight?
Beam Radiation
Which term is used to describe the total amount of solar radiation received at a location?
Total Radiation
What type of precipitation is typical of the tropics and occurs in the form of local whirling thunderstorms?
Convectional Precipitation
When two air masses with contrasting temperatures and densities clash with each other, what type of precipitation process occurs?
Frontal Precipitation
What is the term used to describe the surface of contact between two air masses?
Frontal Surface
When a cold air mass drives out a warm air mass, what type of front is formed?
Cold Front
What type of precipitation is caused by the uplift of moist air as it flows over a mountain or other elevated terrain?
Orographic Precipitation
Which type of cyclone is characterized by winds blowing spirally inward counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere?
Tropical Cyclone
What form of precipitation results from ice crystals fused together?
Snowflakes
Which type of precipitation is due to the lifting of moist air converging into a low-pressure belt caused by pressure differences created by the unequal heating of the earth’s surface?
Frontal Precipitation
What type of precipitation involves frozen raindrops falling through air at subfreezing temperature?
Glaze
What form of precipitation is defined as light steady rain in fine drops with an intensity less than 1 mm/h?
Drizzle
Learn about the spectroradiometer used to measure solar radiation spectrally resolved, as well as different measurement techniques such as beam radiation, diffuse radiation, and total radiation. Explore the concept of precipitation, including convectional precipitation and other types of moisture falling from clouds.
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