MET 102 – Pacific Climates and Cultures
Fall 2015
Final Exam Vocabulary List
This list will be used for Matching, True/False, Fill-in-the-Blank, and Multiple Choice
Week 9: Air Masses, Fronts and Cyclonic Storms (Lectures 15 & 16)
Maritime Tropical (mT)
Maritime Polar (mP)
Maritime Equatorial (mE)
Continental Tropical (cT)
Continental Polar (cP)
Continental Artic (cA)
Warm Front
Cold Front
Stationary Front
Warm-Type Occluded Front
Cold-Type Occluded Front
Dry Line
Weather & Climate Terms to Know
Kona Storms / Kona Low
Cyclogenesis
Mature Stage (of MLC)
Occluded
Speed Divergence
Direction Divergence
Vorticity
Air Mass
Frontal Passage
Polar Front Theory
Overrunning
Mid Latitude Cyclone (MLC)
Week 10: Thunderstorms and Tornadoes (Lectures 17 & 18)
Weather & Climate Terms to Know
Lightning
Thunder
Air Mass Thunderstorms
Severe Thunderstorms
Cumulus Stage
Mature Stage
Dissipating Stage
Entrainment
Downdraft
Updraft
Supercell Thunderstorm
Inter-cloud Lightning
Intra-cloud Lightning
Cloud-to-Ground Lightning
Cloud-to-Air Lightning
Leaders & Step-Leaders
Outflow Boundary
Overshooting Top
Hawaiian & Pacific Terms and Names to Know
Hi’iaka
ulia
hekili
Weather & Climate Terms to Know
Waterspout
Tornado
Mesocyclone
Funnel Cloud
Wall Cloud
Suction Vorticies
Gust Font
Tornado Alley
Fujita Scale &Enhanced Fujita Scale
Return Stroke
Dart Leader
Roll Cloud
Anvil
Week 11: Hurricanes (Lectures 19 & 20)
Weather & Climate Terms to Know
Hurricanes, Typhoons & Cyclones
Hawaiian & Pacific Terms and Names to Know
Iniki
Tropical Storm
Tropical Depression
Tropical Disturbance
Wind Shear
Eye
Eye Wall
Storm Surge
Saffir Simpson Scale
Super Typhoon Haiyan / Yolanda
Tropical Cyclone Pam
Weather & Climate Terms to Know
Hurricane Watch
Hurricane Warning
Central Pacific List
Week 12: Air Pollution (Lectures 21 & 22)
Weather & Climate Terms to Know
Primary Pollutant
Secondary Pollutant
Criteria Pollutants
Carbon Monoxide, CO
Nitrogen Dioxide, NO2
Nitric Oxide, NO
Particulate Matter (2.5 & 10)
Tropospheric Ozone
Stratospheric Ozone
Lead (Pb)
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
Indoor Air Pollution
Volatile Organic Compounds
Dust
Volcanic Ash
Hawaiian & Pacific Terms and Names to Know
Pele
Na-maka-o-Kaha’i
Poliahu
Halema’uma’u Crater
Pu’u’ Ō’ ō vent
East Rift Zone
Weather & Climate Terms to Know – Con’t
Radon
Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Vog
Photochemical Smog
Industrial Smog
Acid Raid
Week 13: Atmospheric Optical Phenomena (Lectures 23 & 24)
Weather & Climate Terms to Know
46 degree Halo
22 degree Halo
Rainbow
Double Rainbow
Sun Dogs
Sun Pillars
Glory
Corona
Inferior Mirages
Superior Mirages
Reflection
Scattering
Diffraction
Refraction
Dispersion
Hawaiian & Pacific Terms and Names to Know
Kahalaopuna
Kaikawahine Anuenue
Kahaukani
Kauakuahine
goddess Hina
Tangaroa
aniwaniwa
Anuenue
Kahukura
Uenuku
Weather & Climate Terms to Know
Towering
Looming
Fata Morgana
Week 14: Nature and Music (Lecture 25)
Leuha Flower
Sam Nianoa
Nani Na Pua
The Royal School
Henry Berger
Hawaiian & Pacific Terms and Names to Know
ili ili
Queen Lili'uokalani
Aloha ‘Oe
‘Iolani Palace
Jacob Maka
Alfred Alohikea
Week 15: Climate Vulnerability and Agriculture (Lecture 26 & 27)
Weather & Climate Terms to Know
Greenhouse Effect
Sea-Level Rise
Mitigation (in a Climate Change context)
Adaptation (in a Climate Change context)
Extreme Weather Events
Vector Born Disease
Hawaiian & Pacific Terms and Names to Know
Kumara
Weather & Climate Terms to Know
Dengue
Ecosystem-Based Adaptation
Week 16: Sea-Level Rise – Impacts and Mitigation (Lecture 28)
Weather & Climate Terms to Know
First Order Changes
Second Order Changes
Hawaiian & Pacific Terms and Names to Know
King Tide