Throughout my essay, I will be using the scientific methodology in my research methods to determine what I know, what I want to know, and the many unanswered questions that exist. Before I dig any deeper into the complicated weather systems, I will first describe a very important detail to our ?weather drama.? There is a very distinctive body of air called an air mass. This distinctive body of air is the effect of the surface on the air, which created regional, homogeneous masses of air having specific conditions of temperature, humidity, and stability. These masses of air interact to produce weather patterns.

We will now discuss Aledo. The reflective quality of a surface is a fascinating process in which we call the Albedo effect. This involves surface color, angle of sun, and surface texture. A portion of arriving sunlight bounces right back into space without being absorbed or performing any work. This returned energy is called reflection albedo. This is the reflective quality of a surface. For instance, the snow in the high sierras has a very high reflection albedo of 80%-95%, While the forested area at big Basin has a low albedo of only 10%-25%.

Pollution is extremely apparent in our everyday lives. Anthropogenic, or human caused air pollution has the most harmful effects by far. 1.3 billion people live in regions that have unacceptable levels of particles in their air. In one California study, only 7% of the vehicles contributed to half of the carbon monoxide and only 10% contributed half of the hydrocarbon pollution. Carbon monoxide pollution is a dangerous, odorless, colorless, and tasteless gas. It is dangerous in cities because of the resultant reduction of oxygen in the blood that it creates. There are many other pollutants of the earth that are not only affecting our health, but are deteriorating the fragile ozone layer of the earth. Among them are Photochemical Smog pollution, nitrogen dioxide, industrial smog, sulfur dioxide, and sulfate aerosols. Pollutants play a key role in the hot summer weather. Due to the hole, which has been created in the ozone layer from continuous Anthropogenic pollutants, the UV rays are extremely dangerous to humans, plants, and animals. Smog is also responsible for the hazy sky and reduced sunlight in many of our cities including LA, and Mexico City.

ces between winter and summer weather patterns. By using inductive reasoning, we know that winter generally brings cold, and wet weather, while summer generally brings hot, dry weather. By using deductive reasoning, I will now discuss the logistics behind winter weather and summer weather.

I will be discussing a weather system for North America, and specifically for California. Here in the North, we have what is called Continental polar, or cP. These cP air masses form only in the Northern hemisphere and are most developed in the winter when they dominate cold weather conditions. An area covered by cP air ex

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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)