ATM OCN 100 Summer ATM OCN Summer 2002 EXAM 3 REVIEW: minute EXAM IS CUMULATIVE, BUT MORE WEIGHT TO RECENT 2 WEEKS EXAM STRUCTURE –Completion (Fill In the Blank) –Multiple Choice –Matching –No Arithmetic Computations –No True-False Questions

ATM OCN 100 Summer ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 EXAM 3 (FINAL) REVIEW: EXAM IS CUMULATIVE, BUT MORE WEIGHT TO RECENT 3 WEEKS EXAM STRUCTURE –Multiple Choice & Matching –No Arithmetic Computations –No True-False Questions EXAM is 2 HRS. & WILL BE HELD IN RM. B102 Van 2:45 pm WED 20 DEC 2000 PLEASE BRING A #2 PENCIL!

ATM OCN 100 Summer

4 WINDS & WIND THEORY u WIND OBSERVATIONS & INSTRUMENTS u EQUATION OF ATMOSPHERIC MOTION –FORCE COMPONENTS u SIMPLE MODELS –Hydrostatic Balance; –Geostrophic, Gradient, Friction-Layer flow u LINKAGE BETWEEN VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL FLOW –EQUATION OF MASS CONTINUITY –DINES' COMPENSATION

ATM OCN 100 Summer WINDS & WIND THEORY u SIMPLE MODELS –Hydrostatic Balance –Geostrophic, Gradient, Friction-Layer flow u LINKAGE BETWEEN VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL FLOW –Equation of Mass Continuity –Compensation

ATM OCN 100 Summer LOCAL ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION REGIMES u LAKE (SEA) - LAND BREEZE u MOUNTAIN - VALLEY BREEZE

ATM OCN 100 Summer UPPER AIR u GENERAL RELATIONSHIPS –temperature & ridges/troughs –winds & ridges/troughs

ATM OCN 100 Summer UPPER AIR u OBSERVATIONS u UPPER AIR CHARTS u GENERAL RELATIONSHIPS –temperature & ridges/troughs –winds & ridges/troughs

ATM OCN 100 Summer PLANETARY SCALE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION REGIME u Prevailing Wind Fields & Semi-permanent Pressure Systems u Relating Planetary Atmospheric Circulation Regimes to: –OCEANIC CIRCULATION REGIME –BIOMES u Planetary-Scale Circulation Theories & Models

ATM OCN 100 Summer PLANETARY ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION REGIME (con’t.) u Planetary-Scale Jet Streams u Thermal Wind Relationship u Anomalous Circulation Patterns – El Niño - Southern Oscillation [ENSO Events] – La Niña u Monsoon Circulation Regime

ATM OCN 100 Summer MID-LATITUDE WEATHER SYSTEMS u Air Masses –Nomenclature –Source Regions u Fronts –Cold –Warm –Stationary –Occluded u Vertical Structure of Weather Systems

ATM OCN 100 Summer MID-LATITUDE WEATHER SYSTEMS (con’t.) EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES u Relative sizes and climatology u Cyclogenesis regions u Storm tracks u The occlusion process u Relationship with upper level flow u Weather & cloud sequences associated with migratory cyclones

ATM OCN 100 Summer THUNDERSTORMS u Atmospheric Stability Criteria u Types of thunderstorms u Thunderstorm Climatology & relative sizes u Formation factors u Stages of a thunderstorm u Severe thunderstorm criteria

ATM OCN 100 Summer THUNDERSTORMS u Atmospheric Stability Criteria u Thunderstorm Climatology u Types of thunderstorms u Formation factors u Stages of a thunderstorm u Thunderstorm Hazards u Severe thunderstorm criteria

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ATM OCN 100 Summer ANTICYCLONES u Types of mid latitude anticyclones u Distinctive features u Hazards associated with anticyclones

ATM OCN 100 Summer UPPER AIR WINDS u Jet Streams u Thermal Wind u Types of upper level flow patterns u Relationships between upper air & surface circulation patterns

ATM OCN 100 Summer THUNDERSTORMS u Atmospheric Stability Criteria u Types of thunderstorms u Thunderstorm Climatology & relative sizes u Formation factors u Stages of a thunderstorm u Severe thunderstorm criteria

ATM OCN 100 Summer LIGHTNING & OTHER THUNDERSTORM HAZARDS u Reasons for lightning u Types of lightning u Lightning sequence u Personal safety measures u Flash Floods u Hail

ATM OCN 100 Summer TORNADOES u Tornado Climatology & relative sizes u Reasons for tornadoes u Personal safety measures

ATM OCN 100 Summer HURRICANES u Tropical cyclone classification u Hurricane Climatology & relative sizes u Comparison with extratropical storms u Reasons for hurricanes u Personal safety measures