Climatic Hazards Vocab

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Definitions of Climatic Hazards words such as Evapotranspiration, Foehn, Weather Frost, Frost, Funnel Cloud and Transpiration. 


 
  
Created Sep 24, 2009
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Evapotranspiration
 
Evapotranspiration is a term used to describe the sum of evaporation and plant transpiration from...
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Foehn
 
Foehn wind is a type of dry down slope wind which occurs in the lee side (i.e. the side where...
3
Weather Front
 
A weather front is a boundary separating two masses of air of different densities.
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Frost
 
Frost is the solid deposition of water vapor from saturated air. 
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Funnel Cloud
 
 A funnel cloud is a funnel-shaped cloud of condensed water droplets, associated with...
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Transpiration
 
Transpiration is the evaporation of water from the aerial parts of the plants, especially...

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