| A | B |
|---|
| temperature | the measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules |
| thermometer | an instrument that uses liquid or metal substances to find the temperature of an object. |
| celcius | a |
| Farenheit | a |
| Kelvin | a |
| pressure | force per unit area |
| barometer | a |
| inches of mercury | a |
| millibars | a |
| humidity | water vapor contentof the air |
| hygrometer | measures the relative humidity |
| sling psychrometer | an instrument used to find dry bulb and wet bulb temperatures |
| absolute humidity | the EXACT amount of water vapor there is in a certain volume of air |
| relative humidity | how full of water vapor the air is |
| vapor pressure | the pressure exerted by the water vapor in the air (can be used as a measure of absolute humidity) |
| saturation vapor pressure | the vapor pressure when the air is saturated (the higher the temperature of the air, the more water vapor it can hold) |
| dewpoint | the temperature at which the present air with the same amount of water would be saturated |
| wind | a |
| anemometer | a |
| cloud | a |
| cirrus | a |
| stratus | a |
| cumulus | a |
| station model | a |
| atmosphere | a |
| air | a |
| coriolis force | a |
| jet stream | a |
| evapotranspiration | a |
| fog | a |
| adiabatic cooling | a |
| adiabatic warming | a |
| precipitation | a |
| thunderstorm | a |
| lightning | a |
| thunder | a |
| air mass | a |
| source region | a |
| front | a |
| stationary front | a |
| cold front | a |
| warm front | a |
| occluded front | a |
| cyclone | a |
| anticyclone | a |
| isotherm | a |
| temperature field | a |
| isobar | a |
