Meteorology crossword

3. the proportion of the incident light or radiation that is reflected by a surface, typically that of a planet or moon.
4. the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.
5. the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles which cause ionization.
11. occurs when air masses are forced to flow over high topography
13. the measure of hotness or coldness expressed in terms of any of several scales, including Fahrenheit and Celsius.
14. the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
15. the force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth.
16. the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature or of electrical potential between adjoining regions, without movement of the material.
17. the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat.
18. the branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere, especially as a means of forecasting the weather.
19. the scientific study of climate.

1. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.
2. the atmospheric temperature (varying according to pressure and humidity) below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form.
4. a boundary separating air masses for which several characteristics differ, such as air density, wind, temperature, and humidity.
6. the amount of solar radiation reaching a given area.
7. 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.
8. a body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.
9. a narrow variable band of very strong predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth. There are typically two or three jet streams in each of the northern and southern hemispheres.
10. the state or quality of being humid.
12. the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.