Meteorology: Cyclones and Atmospheric Dynamics Study Guide
A comprehensive guide to understanding atmospheric circulation, focusing on the formation, structure, and dynamics of tropical and mid-latitude cyclones. Covers planetary waves, cyclogenesis, tropical cyclone characteristics (eye, eyewall, rainbands), mid-latitude cyclone models (Norwegian model), and associated hazards such as storm surges. Includes information on Coriolis force, sea surface temperature, wind shear, and frontal systems.
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Atmospheric Science and Aviation Meteorology Fundamentals
Aviation Meteorology Revision Guide
A revision guide covering local and regional winds, circulation models, and jet streams.
- Chinook wind
- Adiabatic fall wind
- Katabatic wind
- Anabatic wind
- Valley breeze
- Sea and land breezes
- Three-cell model
- Intertropical Convergence Zone
- Sub-tropical anticyclones
- Trade winds
- Ferrel cell
- Polar cell
- Polar easterlies
- Polar jet stream
- Sub-tropical jet stream
- Thermal wind relationship
Aviation Meteorology Revision Guide
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Tropical and Mid-Latitude Cyclone Meteorology
- Cyclogenesis
- Tropical cyclone formation conditions
- Warm-core low-pressure vortex
- Eye and eyewall structure
- Spiral rainbands
- Beta effect
- Coriolis parameter
- Storm surge
- Mid-latitude cyclones
- Norwegian model
Tropical and Mid-Latitude Cyclone Meteorology
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Air Masses, Fronts, and Aircraft Icing
An overview of air mass types, front characteristics, occlusion types, and structural icing phenomena including rime and glaze ice.
- Air mass types
- Cold fronts
- Warm fronts
- Occluded fronts
- Cold occlusion
- Warm occlusion
- Rime ice
- Glaze ice
- Mixed ice
- Aircraft icing effects
- Temperature inversion
Aviation Meteorology Inversions and Thunderstorms
An analysis of temperature inversions, their formation processes, weather consequences, and the structure and stages of severe thunderstorms and supercells.
- Temperature inversion
- Environmental lapse rate
- Dry adiabatic lapse rate
- Moist adiabatic lapse rate
- Radiation cooling
- Advection fog
- Subsidence inversion
- Trade wind inversion
- Thunderstorm stages
- Cumulus stage
- Mature stage
- Dissipating stage
- Cumulonimbus structure
- Supercell
- Mesocyclone
- Lightning formation
Aviation Meteorology Turbulence and Cloud Formation
This guide examines microburst hazards, various types of turbulence, mountain waves, and the formation of fair-weather cumulus clouds.
- Microburst hazards
- Dry microburst
- Wind shear
- Thermal turbulence
- Frontal turbulence
- Clear air turbulence (CAT)
- Mountain waves
- Rotor turbulence
- Lenticular clouds
- Roll clouds
- Fair-weather cumulus formation
- Condensation level (LCL)
- Latent heat
Atmospheric Science Exam Revision Guide
An explanatory study aid containing a revision plan, practice answers, and methods for building explanation answers for atmospheric science.
- Pressure, forces, wind
- Local winds
- Global circulation
- Jets
- Cyclones
- Air masses
- Fronts
- Humidity
- Cloud physics
- Precipitation
- Icing
- Inversions
- Thunderstorms
- Lightning
- Microbursts
- Turbulence
Atmospheric Pressure and Wind Dynamics
An examination of pressure-gradient force, Coriolis deflection, geostrophic wind, and gradient wind within atmospheric science.
- pressure-gradient force (PGF)
- geostrophic wind
- gradient wind
- Coriolis force
- isobars
- centripetal acceleration
- Coriolis parameter
- air density
- pressure gradient
Aviation Meteorology and Atmospheric Processes
This guide covers atmospheric circulation, wind dynamics, pressure systems, moisture, cloud physics, precipitation types, and aircraft icing risks.
- Warm and cold fronts
- Occlusion
- Warm air advection
- Cold air advection
- El Nino
- La Nina
- Indian Ocean Dipole
- Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
- Absolute humidity
- Specific humidity
- Relative humidity
- Collision-coalescence process
- Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen process
- Cloud composition
- Icing risk
- Supercooled liquid droplets
- Kelvin effect
- Kohler curve
- Clear ice
- Rime ice
Atmospheric Science and Aviation Weather Hazards
A revision guide covering atmospheric stability, thunderstorm structures, microbursts, jet streams, and various turbulence types.
- Temperature inversion
- Radiation inversion
- Subsidence inversion
- Frontal inversion
- Trade-wind inversion
- Thunderstorm development stages
- Supercells
- Mesocyclone
- Lightning formation
- Wet microburst
- Dry microburst
- Polar-front jet stream
- Subtropical jet stream
- Vertical gust effects
- Wake turbulence
- Thermal turbulence
- Frontal turbulence
- Mountain waves
- Roll clouds
- Clear-air turbulence (CAT)
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