GEOG 2050 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Polar Front, Supercell, Mesocyclone
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billion in 1998: katrina ~ billion, doppler radar detects direction of moisture droplets indicating direction and speed of storms, ex: huntsville doppler radar was hit by tornado! April 18: (chapter 8)- convergent lifting, convectional lifting, orographic lifting, frontal lifting, cold and warm fronts, windward slope, leeward slope, chinook winds, rain shadow, front, squall line, isohyets. Convergent lifting (figure 8. 6a) i. ii. iii. iv. v. Air flows toward an area of lower pressure. Where the winds along a surface meet, they flow up. As the winds come into the low pressure system, they move up into the atmosphere and temperature changes. Eventually, at dew point temperature, the air mass is cooled enough and we reach saturation (100% rh) Itcz inter-tropical convergence zone trough of low pressure along the equator b. Convectional lifting (figure 8. 6b) i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. Heating differences like in the pot of water or in a lava lamp example.
