Meteorology

3. the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere, due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet's surface.
7. the force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth
10. the scientific study of climate.
13. the branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere
15. the amount of solar radiation reaching a given area.
16. the state of the atmosphere at a place and time
17. the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance
18. the atmospheric temperature (varying according to pressure and humidity) below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form.
20. the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period

1. a region having little rainfall because it is sheltered from prevailing rain-bearing winds by a range of hills.
2. a fast, narrow current of air flowing from west to east that encircles the globe
4. a body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.
5. the energy that is emitted by matter in the form of photons or electromagnetic waves
6. the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.
8. a quantity representing the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere or in a gas.
9. the fraction of light that a surface reflects
11. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.
12. the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
14. the process of transferring heat through air or liquid currents
19. the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.