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What is the main factor influencing the spatial distribution of precipitation?
What is the main factor influencing the spatial distribution of precipitation?
Which type of precipitation is characterized by intense, short-duration storms that are highly variable in space and time?
Which type of precipitation is characterized by intense, short-duration storms that are highly variable in space and time?
What is the term for the thinnest fog?
What is the term for the thinnest fog?
Which type of radiation refers to sunlight that reaches the Earth's surface without being scattered?
Which type of radiation refers to sunlight that reaches the Earth's surface without being scattered?
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What is the term for a feathery deposit of ice formed on the ground by frozen dew or water vapor?
What is the term for a feathery deposit of ice formed on the ground by frozen dew or water vapor?
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Which type of precipitation event is often associated with extreme weather conditions like thunderstorms or hurricanes?
Which type of precipitation event is often associated with extreme weather conditions like thunderstorms or hurricanes?
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Which type of radiation is direct sunlight?
Which type of radiation is direct sunlight?
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Which term is used to describe the total amount of solar radiation received at a location?
Which term is used to describe the total amount of solar radiation received at a location?
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What type of precipitation is typical of the tropics and occurs in the form of local whirling thunderstorms?
What type of precipitation is typical of the tropics and occurs in the form of local whirling thunderstorms?
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When two air masses with contrasting temperatures and densities clash with each other, what type of precipitation process occurs?
When two air masses with contrasting temperatures and densities clash with each other, what type of precipitation process occurs?
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What is the term used to describe the surface of contact between two air masses?
What is the term used to describe the surface of contact between two air masses?
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When a cold air mass drives out a warm air mass, what type of front is formed?
When a cold air mass drives out a warm air mass, what type of front is formed?
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What type of precipitation is caused by the uplift of moist air as it flows over a mountain or other elevated terrain?
What type of precipitation is caused by the uplift of moist air as it flows over a mountain or other elevated terrain?
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Which type of cyclone is characterized by winds blowing spirally inward counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere?
Which type of cyclone is characterized by winds blowing spirally inward counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere?
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What form of precipitation results from ice crystals fused together?
What form of precipitation results from ice crystals fused together?
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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?
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?
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What type of precipitation involves frozen raindrops falling through air at subfreezing temperature?
What type of precipitation involves frozen raindrops falling through air at subfreezing temperature?
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What form of precipitation is defined as light steady rain in fine drops with an intensity less than 1 mm/h?
What form of precipitation is defined as light steady rain in fine drops with an intensity less than 1 mm/h?
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