University of Vermont. Avg. The University of Vermont combines faculty-student relationships most commonly found in a small liberal arts college with the resources of a major research institution. The university is home to 10,371 undergraduates, 1,516 graduate students, 460 medical students and 1,299 full- and part-time faculty.
B. Air currents have a direct effect on rainfall. 1. Because Earth rotates on its axis daily and its surface consists of continents and oceans, an overall flow of warm and cold air currents are modified into three large circulation cells in each hemisphere. a) At the equator, the sun heats the air and evaporates water.
prevailing winds can also influence where precipitation falls. When humid winds blow from the ocean toward coastal mountains, they are forced to rise, as shown in Figure 4. The rising air cools and its water vapor condenses, forming clouds. Rain or snow falls on the windward side of the mountains the side the wind hits. By the time the air has moved over the mountains, it has lost much of its water vapor, so it is cool and dry. The land on the leeward side of the mountainsâdownwindâis in a rain shadow. Little precipitation falls there. As the air rises, it cools and