1. Is a temperature inversion more likely to form on a calm or a windy night? Why? Temperature inversions, tend to occur during clear, calm nights and therefore are also called radiation or nocturnal inversions or also known as surface inversions (Ahrens 2015, p.63). When the air closest to the ground is colder than air a several meters higher, and the night is long and the air is fairly dry, creates the right conditions for a temperature conversion to form. If the conditions were changed to include a strong breeze or wind, rather than calm, the resulting air flow would mix the colder air and warmer air and create a constant temperature layer thus ruining the conditions for the creation of a temperature inversion.
2. What are the various methods used to protect sensitive crops from damaging low temperatures? Explain why each method works. Fruit trees and flowering plants and, with their high fluid content, are very susceptible or sensitive to cold temperatures. When there is a threat of low temperatures that may damage crops and plants there are various ways to protect plants and trees:
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Small household plants or shrubs can be covered them with straw, cloth, or plastic sheeting. This method prevents the ground heat from being radiated away to the colder surroundings” (Ahrens 2015, p. 65). Naturally, moisture being absorbed into the cloth covering the plants will no longer protect the plants and may actually increase the damage.
b. Orchard heaters, also called smudge pot these provide warm air to the surrounding, nearby, trees by means of creating a convection current close to the ground. This method of heat protection, also radiates heat to tree buds which in turn raise their temperature and therefore protects the very sensitive buds from the
According to the University of Illinois, “A cold front is defined as the transition zone where a cold air mass is replacing a warmer air mass. Cold fronts generally move from northwest to southeast. The air behind a cold front is noticeably colder and drier than the air ahead of it. When a cold front passes through, temperatures can drop more than 15 degrees within the first hour.” (University of Illinois, 2017). with Tampa being on the west coast of Florida, we are being hit constantly by the Maritime Tropical air mass, causing warm air to always be over Tampa Bay. When the cold, dry are from the Continental Polar air mass makes its way south east through the nation and eventually to Tampa Florida, it over takes the warm, moist air that is currently over
Another interesting characteristic of chaparral plants is their ability to respond to fire and other natural disasters. Due to the dry and arid nature of the area, the sage and grasslands can easily cause brush fires. When the area is burned, the shrubs and plant life d...
...ts. Because when the plant is in a good condition or health, it can resist all type of injury compare to weakened plants. To maintain the health of plants, we can water it in time of drought, fertilize it when needed and the soil should be in a good condition also. Such as well-draining, not compacted and must be porous. Secondly, we can try to choose the plant which is more tolerant to the air pollutant. Third way is try to reduce the emissions from the source if possible.
The weather conditions play a major influential role in a person’s daily life. Thoughts, feelings, and behaviors have be linked with different weather conditions, depending on the person. Different moods and behaviors have been correlated with different weather conditions, further proving its psychological effect. However, these same psychological influences have been examined to be more physiologically affecting. In this paper, the role of weather conditions, (positive and negative), in relation to their influence on behavioral health will be reviewed. It is hypothesized that exposure to constantly fluctuating levels of high barometric pressure will lead to negative behavior. The following literature reviews will demonstrate and support this hypothesis.
Climate, weather, and meteorology are 3 words that seem to be the same but in reality differ significantly. Two of these concepts pertain to the atmosphere but differ in what time and place they are studied in, and the last one is studying these concepts.
Figure 1. Artistic rendition of a typical jet stream path during winter and summer months with related jet stream wind speeds. Higher upper level wind speeds occur in the winter, because Polar temperatures are colder creating a large temperature difference. (“Jet streams”, 2013).
One sector that is particularly threatened by the climate change is the agricultural sector, because the amounts of water, sunlight, and heat available are important determinants in the crops growth process. Although some of the changes, for example higher temperatures and longer growing seasons, might bring benefits (especially to countries in the Northern hemisphere), others like reduced water availability and frequent extreme weather events would definitely have adverse effect on the sector affecting the crop yields and the food security around the world. Moreover, most impacts are likely to occur in areas already exhibiting socio-economic and environmental difficulties (water scarcity is an example), such as the countries in tropical and sub-tropical regions (African countries are among the most endangered ones). As a result, farmers will have to adjust their practices and technologies of production in order to be able to continue meeting food requirements. Nevertheless, the effects of global warming will be uneven across Europe, which could res...
One of the impacts of climate change is that as the temperatures in cooler parts of the world change and become warmer, this will allow that place to be more habitable to other different types of food crops, thus expanding the area in which these crops can be grown. For example, less frequent freezes will allow crops like citrus to be planted and gro...
The crucible and lid are heated at the beginning of the experiment before being weighed so that any moisture in the crucible is burned away.
Plants are grown under controlled and sterile conditions which reduce the risk of being exposed to pests, pathogens and diseases.
Normal weather patterns are when low atmospheric pressure is over northern Australia and Indonesia, and when high atmospheric pressure is over the Pacific Ocean. Winds move east to west over the Pacific. The east flows of the trade winds carries the warm surface waters to the west, and bring rainstorms to Indonesia and northern Australia. To the coast of Ecuador and Peru, warm surface water is pulled west, and the cold water beneath pulls up to replace it. This is called an upwelling.
A lot of people may use the terms weather, climate, and meteorology somewhat interchangeably, or maybe without knowing exactly what each term means. Seeing as weather affects people every day, it is important to know what each term means and how to be able to use those terms correctly.
Climate change is currently affecting agriculture because it is causing prolonged droughts, violent flooding, sea level to rise, and also health related issues. Droughts and flooding utterly affect agriculture because it damages cultivation since the amount of water applied to crops and farming is fundamental to the...
would always be firewood on the porch. The house had one of those older heaters that