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Summary Review Midterm 2016 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

Putting Forces together

 Hydrostatic Balance

Geostrophic Balance, the Geostrophic Wind

Gradient Balance and the Gradient Wind

Guldberg-Mohn Balance

Buys-Ballots Law

Thickness and Hypsometric Equation