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WEATHER
AND CLIMATE
IMPORTANT TERMS/CONCEPTS FOR PART III
Winds
Anemometer
Wind
Vane
Up/Downdrafts
Isobars
Pressure
Gradient Force
Coriolis
Force/Effect
Friction
Force/Layer
Anticyclone
(High Pressure Cells)
Cyclones
(Low Pressure Cells)
Subsidence
Divergence
Ascension
Convergence
Aleutian,
Icelandic Low
Siberian,
Canadian High
Intertropical
Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
Subtropical
High Zone (STH)
Midlatitude
Convergence Zone (MLCZ)
Polar
High Zone (PH)
Hadley
Cell
Equatorial
Trough
Doldrums
Trade
Winds
Westerlies
Horse
Latitudes
Polar
Easterlies
Land-Sea
Breezes
Valley-Mountain
Breezes
Katabatic
Winds
Geostropic
Winds
Upper-Level
Westerlies
Polar
Front
Rossby
Waves
Polar/Subtropical
Jet Stream
Ocean
Currents
Gyre
El Nino
(pp. 274-275)
Air
Mass Properties
Air
Mass Classification
Source
Region
Characteristics,
Symbolization and Diagrams of Cold, Warm, Occluded and Stationary Fronts
Midlatitude
Wave (extratropical) Cyclones
Cyclogenesis
Tropical
Cyclones and Hurricanes (Typhoons)
Storm
Eye
Storm
Surge
Tornadoes
Mesocyclone
Thunderstorm
Cells
Climate/Climatology
Koppen-Geiger
Climate Classification
Biomes
Climographs
Tropical
Climates (A)
Af
(Tropical Rain Forest)
Aw
(Tropical Savanna)
Am
(Tropical Monsoon)
Monsoon
Winds (pp. 163-166)
Subtropical
and Marine West Coast (C) [Mesothermal]
Cfa,Cfb
(Humid Subtropical)
Csa,Csb
(Mediterranean)
Cfb,Cfc
(Marine West Coast)
Continental
Climates (D) [Microthermal]
Dfa,Dfb
(Humid Continental)
Dfc,Dfd
(Subarctic)
Dw_
(winter drought)
Polar
Climates (E)
ET
(Tundra Climate)
EF (Ice
Sheet Climate)
Desert/Steppe
Climates (B)
BWh
(Low-Latitude Desert)
BSh
(Low-Latitude Steppe)
BWk
(Midlatitude Desert)
BSk
(Midlatitude Steppe)
Highland
Climates (H)
Equator-to-Pole
Climate Transect; Continental and Maritime Routes

For further information, please contact
Dr. Kenneth M. Hinkel, Department of
Geography, 400F Braunstein, ML 131, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati,
Ohio 45221-0131
Phone: (513) 556-3430, Fax: (513) 556-3370, E-mail: Kenneth.Hinkel@uc.edu
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