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Glossary - A

Last Revised October 31, 2003

 

abiotic

ablation

abrasion

absolute humidity

acid deposition

actual evapotranspiration 

adiabatic temperature change

advection

advection fog

aerovane

aggradation

air mass

air mass source region

air pollution

air pressure

albedo

alfisol

alluvial fan

alluvium

alpine glacier

andisol

anemometer

aneroid barometer

anticline

anticyclone

aphelion

apparent temperature

aquiclude

aquifer

arctic front

arctic tundra

arete

aridisol

artesian well

asthenosphere

atmosphere

aurora

autumnal equinox (see equinox)

available water

axial parallelism

axial tilt

axis of rotation

 

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