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9251206758aerosol effectatmospheric cooling that occurs where and when aerosol pollution is the greatest0
9251206759AlbedoThe percentage of incoming sunlight reflected from a surface1
9251206760ClimateThe average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time2
9251206761Cold frontThe front edge of a moving mass of cold air that pushes beneath a warmer air mass like a wedge3
9251206762convection currenta current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid4
9251206763Coriolis effectThe effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.5
9251206764cyclonic storma rapidly rotating storm that is has a low pressure center, strong winds and thunderstorms6
9251206765El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)short-term, periodic changes in location of warm and cold water masses in the Pacific Ocean7
9251206766greenhouse effectwarming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere8
9251206767greenhouse gasGases in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide, that trap solar energy.9
9251206768hurricanea storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.10
9251206769IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)founded 1988 by WMO and UNEP; leading institution for the assessment of climate change11
9251206770jet streama high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere12
9251206771Kyoto Protocol1997 treaty that calls for industrialized countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions13
9251206772La Nina Effecta change in the eastern Pacific Ocean in which the surface water temperature becomes unusually cool14
9251206773latent heatheat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure15
9251206774Milan kovitch cyclePeriodic variation in tilt eccentricity and wobble in earths orbit16
9251206775Monsoonrainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains17
9251206776OzoneA form of oxygen that has three oxygen atoms in each molecule instead of the usual two.18
9251206777StratosphereThe second-lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere.19
9251206778tornadoA rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down to touch Earth's surface.20
9251206779TroposphereThe lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere21
9251206780warm fronta front along which a warm air mass overrides a retreating mass of cooler air22
9251206781weatherThe condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.23

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