Air Temperature

Air Temperature
Important Terms and Concepts

• Temperature
• Fahrenheit scale
• Celsius scale
• Kelvin scale
• Daily temperature range
• Average daily temperature
• Average monthly temperature
• Annual temperature range
• Average annual temperature
• Daily temperature lag
• Annual or Seasonal temperature lag
• Land/Sea contrasts
• Continentality
• Specific heat
• Air mass
• mT air mass
• cP air mass
• mP air mass
• Air mass trajectory and temperature
• Radiation inversion
• Sea breeze inversion
• Subsidence inversion
• Isotherm
• Global warming

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