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Structure Of The Atmosphere
What is the atmosphere,
Mesosphere,
Stratosphere
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The Atmospheric Heat Budget
What does the heat budget of the ...,
Insolation,
Over the last few thousand years
13
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Planetary Surface Winds
What is wind,
What does wind result from,
Why can pressure differences occu...
9
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Atmospheric Pressure And Winds
What is atmospheric pressure,
What is the unit of atmospheric p...,
What is the average atmospheric p...
11
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The General Atmospheric Circulation System
How is a pattern of pressure cell...,
Movement of air within each cell,
Altitude
16
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The Hadley Cells
How many hadley cells are there,
What do the two hadley cells form,
What are the four components that...
8
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The Ferrel And Polar Cells
Where does the ferrel cell occur,
What is the ferrel cell responsib...,
How are the warm southwesterly wi...
24
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Depressions
What are depressions,
How are depressions represented o...,
Where do depressions move
13
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Weather Conditions At A Depression
What do the weather conditions as...,
What does polar maritime air bring,
What does tropical maritime air b...
3
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Anticylones
What are anticyclones,
How are anticyclones represented ...,
How do anticyclones move
6
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Weather Conditions At An Anticylone
Winter anticyclone weather,
Summer anticyclone weather,
What are blocking anticyclones
14
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Oceanic Circulation
How much of the total transfer of...,
What is a grye,
How are ocean currents set in motion
8
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Latitude
Why does insolation vary with lat...,
Length of daylight hours,
Why are the polar regions cold du...
9
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The Climate Of The British Isles
What is the main factor that infl...,
Where does the uk lie,
Summarised climate of the british...
21
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Air Masses Affecting The British Isles
Arctic air mass,
Polar maritime air mass,
Polar continental air mass
6
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Storm Events
Common feature of the ctwm climate,
When are gales at their worst,
Can caribbean storms reach the uk
17
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Tropical Climates
What are climates within the trop...,
Define climatic hazard,
Define convection
10
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Equatorial Climate
Where does the equatorial climate...,
Daylight hours at the equatorial ...,
Facts
11
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Tropical Wet And Dry Climate
What is the tropical wet and dry ...,
Where is the tropical continental...,
How is latitude linked to the wea...
12
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Tropical Revolving Storms
What are tropical revolving storms,
How big are tropical revolving st...,
What does a tropical revolving st...
15
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Distribution Of Tropical Revolving Storms
Where do tropical revolving storm...,
Where are hurricanes,
Where are cyclones
5
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Magnitude And Frequency Of Revolving Storms
How are tropical revolving storms...,
What is the saffir simpson scale,
What would scale 5 on the saffir ...
6
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Impacts Of A Tropical Revolving Storms
What are the main physical factor...,
How do tropical cyclones pose a h...,
How are winds a hazard to people ...
6
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Prediction Of Tropical Revolving Storms
What does the predicting tropical...,
Examples of companies who predict...,
What does the national hurricane ...
11
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Hurrican Katrina
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The Urban Heat Island Effect
What is a climatic dome,
Define albedo,
Define microclimate
9
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Temperatures: The Urban Heat Island Effect
What is the urban heat island,
What reasons mean that cities ten...,
How do buildings materials mean c...
9
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Changes Over Space: The Urban Heat Island Effect
The edge of the island is usually,
By how much do temperatures rise ...,
Within the plateau what causes va...
7
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Precipitation
Is rainfall higher over urban or ...,
Why may there be higher rainfalls...,
What are other possible reasons f...
5
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Fog
In cities what did the occurrence...,
What does it mean that there are ...,
What did the uk clean air acts 19...
5
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Thunderstorms
When do thunderstorms develop,
When is the chance of thunderstor...,
What are thunderstorms produced by
7
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Air Quality
Suspended particulate matter defi...,
Sulphur dioxide definition urban ...,
Oxides of nitrogen definition urb...
15
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Clean Air Acts
When did the government decide le...,
What did the act of 1956 introduce,
Example of the 1956 act being rei...
4
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Vehicle Control In Inner Urban Areas
How have a number of cities looke...,
Examples of athens reducing pollu...,
Examples of britain reducing poll...
5
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Other Types Of Pollution Control
Encourage more public transport,
Zoning of industry,
Vehicle emission legislation
5
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Winds
How does the varying heights of b...,
Where are average wind speeds lower,
How do high rise buildings have n...
13
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Evidence For Climate Change
Define climate change,
Define global warming,
Since when has the climate in bri...
23
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Causes Of Climate Change
What are some of the theories tha...,
What is the greenhouse effect,
Without the greenhouse effect
12
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Effects Of Global Warming
What is the sea level rise in the...,
What can the 21th century levels ...,
What countries will the rising se...
8
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Effects On The British Isles
What may the uk experience was a ...,
What would happen if warm gulf st...,
When would the uk climate become ...
11
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Kyoto Protocol
What year was the earth summit in...,
How many years does co2 effect th...,
What was the main aim of the 1992...
10
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Carbon Credits
When was it introduced,
What is the concept of carbon cre...,
What happens if polluting countri...
6
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Post Kyoto
How much population is within the...,
What plan did the g8 countries cr...,
What is the gleneagles action plan
5
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National Responses: The UK
What was set out to address the i...,
What strategies did the 2006 clim...,
What is the climate change and su...
4
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Local Responses
Manchester sustainability,
How can individuals contribute,
Insulating
6
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