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Summary Review Midterm 2017 MR3222Unit 1 Intro (AK 1)
Unit 2 Energy (AK2)
METAR decoding and plotting surface analysis
Unit 3 Temperature (AK3)
Lapse Rates (Dry and Moist)Stability Unstable, conditional, stable, inversionsUnderstanding of Skew-T diagram componentsLCL, LFC, CCl, EL CAPE, CINPoisson’s eq calculate potential temperature for parcelAltering Stability, stabilize, destabilizeMixing effect to temperature profileConvective instability
Unit 4 Water in the Atmosphere (AK 4)
Measuring Water Vapor Dew Point and Wet bulb temperature Mixing Ratio, Vapor Pressure, Relative HumidityCloudsFog FormationLifting Mechanisms that Form CloudsCloud Classification and types Low, Middle, & High clouds Precipitating Cloud Clouds and the Greenhouse EffectCloud CompositionPrecipitation Precipitation Growth in Warm Clouds Precipitation Growth in Cold Clouds Precipitation TypesHeat Index
SkewT
Given a SkewT identify the following:
• LCL = Lifted Condensation level•• LFC = Level of free convection•• EL = Equilibrium Level•• CCL = Convective Condensation Level•• CT = Convective Temperature•• LI = Lifted Index
ID:-Stable, and Conditionally Unstable layers
-Tropopause, and surface inversion
-Cloud layers (High RH), and cloud base and tops
-Calculate potential temperature for any level
-Locate areas the have high static stability
Unit 5 Observations of Temperature, Moisture, Pressure, and Winds (AK5)
Direct measurements (In-Situ) of surface conditions-T, Td, P, V (Precipitation, Visibility, Ceiling, Cloud amount)
Indirect measurement of the weather ASOS Sensors
Buoys
Meteorological Satellite observations Geostationary Satellite winds Polar Orbiting Geostationary vs. Polar orbiting Interpretation of satellite images (Vis, IR, WV) Products (winds, temperatures, moisture….)
RADAR (precipitation 10cm wavelength vs. clear air 915MHz)
SODAR
LIDAR
Aircraft
Geostationary Satellites Vis, IR, WV
Unit 6 winds and forces (AK6)
Gravitational Force
Pressure Gradient Force
Coriolis Force
Centrifugal Force
Rossby Number
Frictional Force
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