EESA09H3 Lecture Notes - Outflow Boundary, Thunderstorm, Vertical Draft
8 Dec 2011
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*concept map should not look like a flow chart* On exam need to come up with concepts; will not be given. I. e. do a concept map on air masses. Must study both the slides and notes midterm and final. Caused by differential surface heating: land-sea contrast of temperature change will cause convective storms -> exchange of heat. When system is huge, has massive amount of latent heat. Mechanism for tornadoes is the same in all categories; one single difference: due to wind. Category 1 6 -> the stronger the wind the stronger the hurricane. Small, moderate and strong wind shear differentiating thunderstorms. Ordinary: little vertical wind shear; change of horizontal wind speed with height. Cumulus surface heating with warm air rising during summer time, after a period of time, the warm air reaches stage where it condenses -> 0 degrees cloud formation starts. Change of phase: releases latent heat fuel.
