MET 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Wind Shear, Virga, Outflow Boundary

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A comma cloud is:

A band of organized cumuliform clouds that look like a comma on a satellite photograph

If you wanted to make a persistence forecast of minimum and maximum temperatures for a particular

city, which type of chart would be most helpful?

A surface weather map

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All thunderstorms require:

Rising air

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The initial stage of an ordinary thunderstorm is the:

Cumulus stage

Ordinary thunderstorms only last about one hour and begin to dissipate when:

The downdraft spreads throughout the cloud and cuts off the updraft

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A band of organized cumuliform clouds that look like a comma on a satellite photograph. The initial stage of an ordinary thunderstorm is the: Ordinary thunderstorms only last about one hour and begin to dissipate when: The downdraft spreads throughout the cloud and cuts off the updraft. Scattered or isolated storm that is not severe. Downdrafts spread throughout a thunderstorm during the ____ stage. An ordinary thunderstorm is most intense during the ____ stage. The most likely time for an ordinary thunderstorm to form is: Severe thunderstorms are different from ordinary thunderstorms in that severe thunderstorms: An enormous thunderstorm that last for several hours. Large hail, tornadoes, flash floods (all of the above) Fall from the base of the anvil, fall from the bottom of the cloud, be tossed out the side of cloud (all of the above. Individual thunderstorms that grow into a large, long - lasting weather system. The downdraft in an ordinary thunderstorm is created mainly by:

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Tiny solid and liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere are called aerosols. Windblown dust, sea salts, volcanic ash, smoke from wildfires, and pollution from factories are all examples of aerosols. Depending upon their size, type, and location, aerosols can either cool the surface, or warm it. They can help clouds to form, or they can inhibit cloud formation. And if inhaled, some aerosols can be harmful to people's health.

These maps show average monthly aerosol amounts around the world based on observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite. Satellite measurements of aerosols, called aerosol optical thickness, are based on the fact that the particles change the way the atmosphere reflects and absorbs visible and infrared light. An optical thickness of less than 0.1 (palest yellow) indicates a crystal clear sky with maximum visibility, whereas a value of 1 (reddish brown) indicates very hazy conditions.

High aerosol amounts are linked to different process in different places and times of year. High aerosol amounts occur over South America from July through September. This pattern is due to land clearing and agricultural fires that are widespread across the Amazon Basin and Cerrado regions during the dry season. Aerosols have a similar seasonal pattern in Central America (March-May), central and southern Africa (June-September, and Southeast Asia (January-April).

In other cases, however, aerosol concentrations are not related to fires. For example, from May through August each year, aerosol amounts rise dramatically around the Arabian Peninsula and nearby oceans due to dust storms. Elevated aerosol amounts nestle at the foothills of the Himalaya Mountains in northern India in some months, and linger over eastern China for much of the year. These elevated aerosol amounts are due to human-produced air pollution.

What is the most likely source of the high concentration of particulates that appear off the coast of northwestern Africa?

What is the most likely source of the high concentrations of particulates over central Africa and central South America?

What is the most likely source of the high concentrations of particulates over eastern China?

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3) Access Google Finance (just like you did in Discussion Week 2) and choose a corporation that you would like to invest in (https://www.google.com/finance ). Once you have the stock information of your company, make note of the value that is posted for "Div/yield" that is located on the top part of the page. The "yield" value is the average return of that stock. For example, for Walmart's stock, the yield is 2.3%, which is telling us that if you invest in Walmart stock you can expect to get 2.3% as an annual return on your investment (but only if you keep the stock and receive part of the profits of Walmart): https://www.google.com/finance?q=walmart&ei=gUkAUvCEDqK5iwL9mwE

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