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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