Atmospheric Moisture
Satellite
& Radar
& Radar
Fronts
Skew-T's
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100
P = rhoRdT
What is the ideal gas law?
100
The GOES Advanced Baseline Imager is an example of this type of remote sensing.
What is passive remote sensing?
100
This type of front exhibits little to no motion.
What is a stationary front?
100
The rate of change of atmospheric temperature with height.
What is a lapse rate?
100
The intermediate range of scales on which we can make only a few simplifications to the governing equations.
What is mesoscale?
200
The ratio of the mass of water vapor to the mass of total air.
What is specific humidity?
200
The GOES ABI has 16 total bands, 3 of which are water vapor.
What are bands 8, 9, and 10?
200
The 3 required ingredients for thunderstorm formation.
What are moisture, instability, and lift?
200
The winds rotate clockwise as they increase in height above the ground.
What is veering wind?
200
We cannot make hydrostatic or geostrophic assumptions about this mesoscale region.
What is meso-
gamma ?
300
Name the equation.
What is the Clausius-Clapeyron equation?
300
In radar, this impact the resolution of the returned data.
What is beam spreading?
300
The boundary between the rain-cooled air and its environment.
What is a gust front?
300
The temperature that a sample of dry air must have so that its density is equivalent to a sample of moist air at the same pressure.
What is virtual temperature?
300
This shows the change in wind speed and direction with height.
What is a hodograph?
400
The mixing of environmental air into a rising air parcel.
What is entrainment?
400
This reflectivity value is the general threshold that indicates hail.
What is 60 dBZ?
400
This type of front will not be observed when large-scale, ambient winds are very strong.
What is a land (or sea) breeze?
400
The relative humidity of an 800-hPa parcel. (90 sec)
What is 58%?
range 52%-64%
400
This only matters between the effective inflow base and equilibrium level.
What is effective bulk shear?
500
This describes the frequency of buoyancy oscillations.
What is the Brunt-Vaisala frequency?
500
This radar signature typically indicates that strong, straight-line winds are occurring.
What is a bow echo?
500
These are the 5 types of lifting mechanisms for thunderstorms. Name 4.
What are terrain, differential heating, fronts, dry lines, and/or outflow boundaries?
500
The LCL of a mixed-layer parcel using the lowest 100mb. (90 sec)
What is 865hPa?
range 850hPa-880hPa
500
Calculate the wind shear between 0km and 1km. (120 sec)
What is 35 knots?
range 34-36 knots