PPT-Thickness One of the most important and used concepts in synoptic meteorology

Appears on many maps you will use Thickness is the difference in geopotential height between two pressure surfaces To derive a relationship start with the hypsometric equation Z 2 Z. MET 3502 Synoptic Meteorology Lecture 1: Introduction on Synoptic Meteorology Instructor: Dr. Haiyan Jiang Lecture Location: PC 442 Time: T & Th 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Introduction Introduction &#x Friday 09 Jan 2014. Finish Overview Presentation. Current Weather Discussion. Begin Review Material. GOES-12 IR satellite image, 0615 UTC 19 August 2009. GOES-12 IR satellite image of Hurricane Bill at 0615 UTC 19 August 2009. Cyclone . Structure. Fig. 6.1 (. Meridional. Cross Sections of Temperature and Zonal Winds). Meridional. temperature gradient characteristics. Compare winter vs. summer in NH. Temperature gradient. Fronts. Lesson 8: Weeks . 13-14. Courtesy: Lyndon State College. What is a . front. ?. Early meteorological theory thought that “fronts” led to development of low pressure systems (cyclones). However, in the 1940s, “. Cyclone . Structure. QG Theory. NAM Forecast Sounding for this Saturday at 03 UTC (i.e., tonight near 9pm). In the . sfc. to ~700-mb layer, how are the winds turning with height?. Counter-clockwise. http://www.ucar.edu/communications/factsheets/Tornadoes.html. Packet#1. What is meant by “Mesoscale Meteorology”?. ATMS 316- Mesoscale Meteorology. http://www.ucar.edu/communications/factsheets/Tornadoes.html. Friday . 09. /. 26. /2014. Continue . Review Material. Geopotential. Thickness. Thermal Wind. Geopotential. , Thickness, and the Thermal Wind. What is . geopotential. ?. . Work. needed to lift a unit of mass from sea level to a given altitude…. Equation of state for dry and moist air. SO254 Introduction to Meteorology. Variables. Meteorology is, at its core, calculus and physics applied to air. That means that underlying every aspect of meteorology is math. Lecture . 2. AL-MUSTANSIRIYAH . UNIVERSITY . COLLEGE OF SCIENCES. ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES DEPARTMENT .  . Dr. . Sama. Khalid Mohammed. SECOND . CLASS . 1. FM SYSTEM OF CODE FORMS - Traditional Alphanumeric Codes (TAC). Lecture . 1. AL-MUSTANSIRIYAH . UNIVERSITY . COLLEGE OF SCIENCES. ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES DEPARTMENT .  . Dr. . Sama. Khalid Mohammed. SECOND . CLASS . 1. 2. Weather Maps. Surface maps, upper air maps, Observation times and collection, codes, surface . Lecture . 1. AL-MUSTANSIRIYAH . UNIVERSITY . COLLEGE OF SCIENCES. ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES DEPARTMENT .  . Dr. . Sama. Khalid Mohammed. SECOND . CLASS . 1. 2. Weather Maps. Surface maps, upper air maps, Observation times and collection, codes, surface . Course Overview & Logistics. Wed – 20 Aug 2014. Introductions…. Office: NSSTC 3088. Email: . ryan.wade@uah.edu. Phone: 961-7847 (office phone). Office Hours. :. MWF: 8:00am – 9:00am, 10:15am – 11:00am. Lecture 5. AL-MUSTANSIRIYAH . UNIVERSITY . COLLEGE OF SCIENCES. ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES DEPARTMENT .  . Dr. . Sama. Khalid Mohammed. SECOND . CLASS . 1. Air mass is a large body of air having nearly uniform conditions of temperature and moisture. ATMS 370. Winter 2022. Definition. Scalar Analysis . is the analysis of a quantity that has magnitude only. Examples. : temperature and pressure.. Consists of drawing isopleths: line of constant values. Topographic maps are good examples..