Climatology: An Atmospheric Science

acid adiabatic adiabatic lapse rate air masses altitude amount annual Arctic areas atmosphere average circulation classification climatic change climatology cloud CO₂ cold front condensation continent cooling Coriolis force cyclones decreases deserts distribution drop droplets drought Earth Earth's surface effect El Niño equator evapotranspiration Figure flow forest gases global global warming graupel heat humidity hurricane increase jet stream km per hr lakes land masses lapse rate latitudes layer low-pressure major midlatitude models moist moisture mountain move Niño North America Northern Hemisphere occur ozone Pacific Ocean particles pattern period polar poles precipitation pressure gradient rain rainfall range regions relative result rise satellite season snow snowfall solar energy solar radiation Source storm stratosphere subtropical high summer sunspots synoptic synoptic climatology Table temperature thunderstorms tornadoes tropical tropopause types upper-air varies water vapor waves weather westerlies wind velocities winter