Climate Science Terms

noun the process of a liquid turning into a gas, typically as a result of heat

• The process of evaporation involves the transformation of liquid water into water vapor through the application of heat.
• When the sun comes out, you can see the evaporation of the puddles on the sidewalk.
• Dude, the water just straight up disappeared, must be some crazy evaporation stuff going on.
• His anger slowly simmered and dissipated like the evaporation of morning dew under the hot sun.

noun a rising current of warm air

adjective relating to heat or temperature

• The thermal conductivity of the material is an important factor to consider in engineering design.
• I always bring a thermal blanket when camping in case it gets cold at night.
• I love wearing my thermal socks during the winter, they keep my feet so warm!
• The political climate was so heated, it felt like a thermal explosion was about to occur.

noun a violent windstorm characterized by a twisting, funnel-shaped cloud

• A tornado touched down in the rural area, causing significant damage to homes and crops.
• Did you hear about the tornado that ripped through the town last night?
• That tornado was gnarly, dude!
• Her emotions were like a tornado, swirling uncontrollably within her.

noun a device used to measure and record variations in sea level

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• The mareogram showed the detailed record of the tide levels over a specific period.
• I checked the mareogram to see how high the tide was yesterday.
• Hey, did you see the mareogram? The waves were insane!
• Her emotions were like a mareogram, constantly fluctuating throughout the day.

noun a unit of computing speed equal to one thousand million (109) floating-point operations per second.

• The supercomputer is capable of performing at a speed of one petaflop.
• My new laptop can handle up to a petaflop of data processing.
• I heard that gaming console can run games at a petaflop speed.
• Her mind works like a petaflop, processing information at lightning speed.

noun adiabatic chart

• The adiabatic chart is a useful tool for meteorologists to analyze atmospheric conditions.
• I'm using the adiabatic chart to see if it's going to rain tomorrow.
• Check out this adiabatic chart, it's gonna tell us if we need an umbrella.
• Just like how the adiabatic chart predicts weather patterns, we can also predict certain outcomes based on trends.