Created by Andrew Fisher
over 7 years ago
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What are the two meteorological factors that we're interested in as pilots?
What is the temperature change per 1,000 feet?
What are the three levels of the atmosphere?
Explain convection
What is the tropopause?
Explain global circulation
What is the equatorial trough?
What is the sub-tropical ridge?
What is the polar front?
What is the polar high?
What causes the pressure on the earth's surface at any one point?
What direction does sinking air move in, and why?
What direction does rising air move in, and why?
Describe the weather in a high pressure system.
Describe the weather in a low pressure system. Why is it like this?
What does a synoptic chart tell us?
What is the pressure gradient?
Describe the three features of a synoptic chart
What are some tips for interpreting synoptic charts?
What's the difference between gradient wind and surface wind?
What is Ballot's Law?
What's the difference between a backing and a veering wind?
Describe the direction and magnitude of gradient wind to surface wind?
How does a sea breeze influence wind direction/intensity?
How does a land breeze influence wind direction/intensity?
How does a katabatic wind influence wind direction/intensity?
How does a anabatic wind influence wind direction/intensity?
How does a fohn wind influence wind direction/intensity?
What are the three states of water, from lowest to highest energy state?
What is latent heat?
What are the change of state processes?
What's the relationship between humidity and dew point temperature?
What is relative humidity?
What is the dew point temperature?
Explain how the dew point causes rain
Describe atmospheric stability
What is the environmental lapse rate?
What causes atmospheric instability?
What is conditional stability?
What is a temperature inversion?
What is a radiation inversion?
What is a frontal inversion?
What is a subsidence inversion?
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