Atmosphere Haiku Deck by Andrew Jacob
Published on Apr 19, 2016
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Ozone - a colorless unstable toxic gas with a pungent odor and powerful oxidizing properties, formed from oxygen by electrical discharges or ultraviolet light.
Photo by Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
Troposphere - the lowest region of the atmosphere, extending from the earth's surface to a height of about 3.7–6.2 miles (6–10 km), which is the lower boundary of the stratosphere.
Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
Stratosphere - the layer of the earth's atmosphere above the troposphere, extending to about 32 miles (50 km) above the earth's surface.
Photo by Jens Gyldenkærne Clausen
Mesosphere - the region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere, between about 30 and 50 miles (50 and 80 km) in altitude.
Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
Thermosphere - the region of the atmosphere above the mesosphere and below the height at which the atmosphere ceases to have the properties of a continuous medium.
Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
Conduction - the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature or of electrical potential between adjoining regions.
Photo by Waifer X
Convection - the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity.
Photo by wockerjabby
Radiation - the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles that cause ionization.
Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
Greenhouse Effect - the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere.
Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
Sublimation - a chemical process where a solid turns into a gas without going through a liquid stage.
Photo by alainamcbride
Humidity - a quantity representing the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere or a gas.
Photo by Maggie Osterberg
Dew Point - the atmospheric temperature (varying according to pressure and humidity) below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form.
Photo by samit4me
Hygrometer - an instrument for measuring the humidity of the air or a gas.
Photo by Sally E J Hunter
Air Pressure - the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of the air.
Photo by Blastframe
Barometer - an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure.
Photo by Leo Reynolds
Coriolis Effect - an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force (the Coriolis force ) acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation.
Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
Jet Stream - a narrow, variable band of very strong, predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth.
Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
Cyclone - a system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure, with a counterclockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression.
Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
Anticyclone - a weather system with high atmospheric pressure at its center, around which air slowly circulates in a clockwise (northern hemisphere) or counterclockwise (southern hemisphere) direction.
Photo by Murtaza AG
Anemometer - an instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas.
Photo by adafruit
El Niño - an irregularly occurring and complex series of climatic changes affecting the equatorial Pacific region and beyond every few years.
La Niña - cooling of the water in the equatorial Pacific that occurs at irregular intervals and is associated with widespread changes in weather patterns.
Air Mass - a body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.
Photo by antonychammond
Front - are boundaries between air masses of different temperatures.
Photo by Philerooski
Warm Front - the boundary of an advancing mass of warm air, in particular the leading edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system.
Photo by rkramer62
Cold Front - the boundary of an advancing mass of cold air, in particular the trailing edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system.
Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
Stationary Front - a pair of air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other.
Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
Thunderstorm - a storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.
Photo by beninfreo
Tornado - a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud.
Photo by markkilner
Hurricane - a storm with a violent wind.
Photo by Stuck in Customs
Global Warming - a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and its oceans.
Photo by { pranav }
