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Naturel disasters and measuring the weather - Coggle Diagram
Naturel disasters and measuring the weather
Naturel disasters
What are naturel disasters?
a catastrophic event that is the result of a natural process
examples
tornado, storm, volcanic eruption
causes
natural process
long term
global warming -> increase in natural disasters
Impact
humans
destruction, deaths and economic toll
ecosystems
changing the soil, space and water
affects living beings that depend on these recources.
changing the enviroment, landscapes
avoid?
cannot be eliminated
measures to lessen impact
investing in prediction
advanced warning
measuring weather
who?
Meteorologists
what do we meausure?
Temperature
in °C thermometer
Precipitation, eg rainfall
rain gauge
Wind speed and direction
the direction it is flowing FROM
speed= anemometer
beaufort scale
Cloud cover and visibility
oktas
1/8 covered
Air pressure
barometer
milibars
Humidity (amount of water vapour in the air)
Sunshine