ATM OCN 101 Study Guide - Stratocumulus Cloud, Anemometer, Nimbostratus Cloud
30 Oct 2014
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The actual was 8 and -4: pretty good for a two day prediction, attendance, hand in forecasts (start next week, student discussions (start next week, review of last week, new topic. Example discussions: current weather map, radar, forecast map, some additional websites that might be good to use for a forecast discussion. Remember i listed websites in last weeks lecture also: http://www. weather. unisys. com, http://www. aos. wisc. edu/ Background: observations allow meteorologists to assess the current state of the atmosphere, synchronized: taken at same time at every location, standardized: all measurements taken the same way, two main types: What types of weather observations are made: temperature and dewpoint, barometric pressure, wind direction and speed, clouds, current weather, etc . Who makes the observations: people, automated sensors. Aircraft (acars: satellite, all this data goes into forecast models. Scientists use kelvin, u. s. only country to use fahrenheit. Tk tc 273. 15barometric pressure: *measured with a barometer, *units: hectopascals (hpa), or millibars (mb).
