NATS 101 Section 6 Lecture 2 - The University of Arizona 101部分6 NATS讲座2 -亚利桑那大学.ppt

Announcements Summary of Lecture 2 NATS 101Section 6: Lecture 3 Weather vs. Climate Weather vs. Climate Definition of Weather Surface Station Model (U.S.) Surface Station Model (U.S.) Sky Cover, Weather Symbols on a Surface Station Model Surface Pressure Tendency Wind Speed Wind direction Now, let’s read a surface map for an “interesting” weather day … What was happening in Colorado? Limon, Colorado (LIC) Limon, Colorado (LIC) Limon, Colorado (LIC) Limon, Colorado (LIC) Limon, Colorado (LIC) Limon, Colorado (LIC) Limon, Colorado (LIC) Limon, Colorado (LIC) Amarillo, Texas (AMA) Amarillo, Texas (AMA) Amarillo, Texas (AMA) Amarillo, Texas (AMA) Amarillo, Texas (AMA) Amarillo, Texas (AMA) Amarillo, Texas (AMA) Amarillo, Texas (AMA) Weather symbols Weather Map: 12-29-06 What about what is happening above the ground? Upper Air Measurements North American Upper Air Network Upper Air Sounding (Skew T Log P Diagram) Upper Air Station Model(At specific pressure level) 500-mb Map: 12-29-06 500-mb Conditions at Denver (DEN) 500-mb Conditions at Denver (DEN) 500-mb Conditions at Denver (DEN) 500-mb Conditions at Denver (DEN) 500-mb Conditions at Denver (DEN) Practice it yourself for today’s weather using the UCAR RAP website… /weather Definition of Climate Some Good Places on the Web for Climate Information Summary of Lecture 3 Reading Assignment Ahrens, Chapter 2, pp. 27-35 (8th ed.) pp. 29-37 (9th ed.) Chapter 1 Questions Questions for Review (8th ed.): 21,22,24 Question for Review (9th ed.): 21,22,27 Questions for Thought: 1 Also, use the UCAR website to practice reading surface and upper air station data. /weather Fronts mark the boundary between air masses with different characteristics. Typically where “interesting” weather happens. (UCAR RAP website) COLD AIR WARM AIR Weather balloons, or radiosondes, sample atmosphere up to 10 mb. They measure: Temperature Moisture Pressure They are tracked to get winds using g