The only reason for temperature changes in the balloon was adiabatic cooling. The occluded stage of a midlatitude cyclone a. describes the conditions along the polar front where convergence is initiated b. is characteristic of an early stage of development c. occurs when the cold front overruns the slower moving warm front d. Air masses that migrate far from their source regions become modified in physical characteristics and form secondary air masses. A line on a weather map that is marked with small triangular spikes designates a warm front. Thunderstorms and hail are associated with cumulonimbus cloud development.
Precipitation refers to a. rain, sleet, snow and hail b.
Potential evapotranspiration refers to a. the amount of water that would evaporate or transpire if it were available b. actual evapotranspiration under conditions of moisture deficit c. The wilting point is the point at which soil particles contain only hygroscopic water, which is unavailable to plants. Aquifers can collapse as a result of overpumping, causing the ground above them to subside a. false b. true 20. The difference between the wilting point and field capacity is approximately equal to a. available water b. hygroscopic water c. latent water d. The Snowy Mountain project was designed to adjust water budgets over a region of a. New South Wales and Victoria, Australia b.