What is this instrument called?

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What is this instrument called?
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The picture on the right applies to which
hemisphere? (northern or southern)
this one
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What is the name of the force in red?
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Define point A (low, high, ridge, trof, saddle)
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A
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Define line A-B (low, high, ridge, trof, saddle)
A
B
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Where is it windier at this time, in Texas or
near A?
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A
TX
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What is the name of the force causing the air to
deflect to the right in the northern hemisphere?
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..
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Imagine that column A is cooled. Q Will the 500
mb surface become lower or higher at A?
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9. What kind of precipitation occurs under this
temperature profile?
0C
temperature
(hint the sub-freezing layer near the ground is
thin)
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10. Why does more snow fall along the south or
east side of the Great Lakes, as compared to the
west side?
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11. What kind of precipitation may fall to the
right of the rain area in this schematic?
right here
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12. Why do droplets in a real cloud super-cool?
Temperature 15ºC after 10 minutes, some drops
remain liquid, while others have frozen.