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Practical Meteorology

This book is an algebra-based survey of atmospheric science. This book is designed for students and professionals who want to understand and apply basic meteorological concepts, but who do not need to derive equations. The equation and could serve the fields of Atmospheric Science, Meteorology, Environmental Science, Engineering, Air Quality, Climatology, and Geography. The text involves primarily algebra to allow the physical meaning.

Meteorology and Climate ScienceGeosciences
Author
Roland Stull
Publisher
University of British Columbia
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 230 sections
  1. 01: Atmospheric Basics
  2. 1.00: Pressure Instruments
  3. 1.01: Review
  4. 1.02: Homework Exercises
  5. 1.03: Introduction
  6. 1.04: Meteorological Concentions
  7. 1.05: Earth Frameworks Reviewed
  8. 1.06: Thermodynamic State
  9. 1.07: Atmospheric Structure
  10. 1.08: Equation of State-Ideal Gas Law
  11. 1.09: Hydrostatic Equilibrium
  12. 1.10: Hypsometric Equation
  13. 1.11: Process Terminology
  14. 02: Solar and Infrared Radiation
  15. 2.00: Orbital Factors
  16. 2.01: 2.2. Flux
  17. 2.02: Radiation Principles
  18. 2.03: Surface Radiation Budget
  19. 2.04: Actinometers
  20. 2.05: Review
  21. 2.06: Homework Exercises
  22. 03: Thermodynamics
  23. 3.00: Homework Exercises
  24. 3.01: Internal Energy
  25. 3.02: First Law of Thermodynamics
  26. 3.03: Frameworks
  27. 3.04: Heat Budget of an Unsaturated Air Parcel
  28. 3.05: Heat Budget at a Fixed Location
  29. 3.06: Heat Budget at Earth's Surface
  30. 3.07: Apparent Temperature Indices
  31. 3.08: Temperature Sensors
  32. 3.09: Review
  33. 04: Water Vapor
  34. 4.00: Vapor Pressure at Saturation
  35. 4.01: Moisture Variables
  36. 4.02: Total Water
  37. 4.03: Lagrangian Budgets
  38. 4.04: Water Budget at a Fixed Location
  39. 4.05: Humidity Instruments
  40. 4.06: Review
  41. 4.07: Homework Exercises
  42. 05: Atmospheric Stability
  43. 5.00: Homework Exercises
  44. 5.01: Large-Size Thermo Diagrams
  45. 5.02: Building a Thermo-Diagram
  46. 5.03: 5.2. Types of Thermo Diagrams
  47. 5.04: More on the Skew-T
  48. 5.05: Guide for Quick Identification of Thermo Diagrams
  49. 5.06: Thermo-Diagram Applications
  50. 5.07: An Air Parcel and its Environment
  51. 5.08: Flow Stability
  52. 5.09: Finding tropopause Height and Mixed-Layer Depth
  53. 5.10: Review
  54. 06: Clouds
  55. 6.00: Homework Exercises
  56. 6.01: Processes Causing Saturation
  57. 6.02: 6.2. Cloub Indentification
  58. 6.03: Cloud Organization
  59. 6.04: Cloud Classification
  60. 6.05: Sky Cover (Cloud Amount)
  61. 6.06: Cloud Sizes
  62. 6.07: Fractal Cloud Shapes
  63. 6.08: Fog
  64. 6.09: 6.9. Review
  65. 07: Precipitation Processes
  66. 7.00: Homework Exercises
  67. 7.01: Supersaturation and Water Availability
  68. 7.02: Nucleation of Liquid Droplets
  69. 7.03: Nucleation of Ice Crystals
  70. 7.04: Liquid Droplet Growth by Diffusion
  71. 7.05: Ice Growth by Diffusion
  72. 7.06: Collision and Collection
  73. 7.07: Precipitation Characteristics
  74. 7.08: Precipitation Measurement
  75. 7.09: Review
  76. 08: Satellites and Radar
  77. 8.00: Radiative Transfer for Satellites
  78. 8.01: Weather Satellites
  79. 8.02: Weather Radars
  80. 8.03: Review
  81. 8.04: Homework Exercises
  82. 09: Weather Reports and Map Analysis
  83. 9.00: Sea-level Pressure Reduction
  84. 9.01: Meteorological Reports and Observations
  85. 9.02: Synoptic Weather Maps
  86. 9.03: Review
  87. 9.04: Homework Exercies
  88. 10: Atmospheric Forces and Winds
  89. 10.00: Winds and Weather Maps
  90. 10.01: Newton's 2nd Law
  91. 10.02: Section 3-
  92. 10.03: Section 4-
  93. 10.04: Section 5-
  94. 10.05: Section 6-
  95. 10.7: Vertical Forces and Motion
  96. 10.8: Consercation of Air Mass
  97. 10.9: Kinematics
  98. 10.10: Measuring Winds
  99. 10.11.: Review
  100. 10.12: Homework Exercises
  101. 11: General Circulation
  102. 11.00: Section 1-
  103. 11.01: Section 2-
  104. 11.02: Section 3-
  105. 11.03: Section 4-
  106. 11.04: Section 5-
  107. 11.05: Section 6-
  108. 11.7: Explaining the General Circulation
  109. 11.8: Jet Streams
  110. 11.9: Types of Vorticity
  111. 11.10: Horizontal Circulation
  112. 11.11: Extratropical Ridges and Troughs (Rossby Waves)
  113. 11.12: Three-band Global Circulation
  114. 11.13: Ekman Spiral of Ocean Currents
  115. 11.14: Review
  116. 11.15: Homework Exercises
  117. 12: Fronts and Airmasses
  118. 12.00: Section 1-
  119. 12.01: Section 2-
  120. 12.02: Section 3-
  121. 12.03: Section 4-
  122. 12.04: Section 5-
  123. 12.05: Section 6-
  124. 12.7: Bent-Back Fronts and Sting Jets
  125. 12.8: Upper-Tropospheric Fronts
  126. 12.9: Drylines
  127. 12.10: Review
  128. 12.11: Homework Exercises
  129. 13: Extratropical Cyclones
  130. 13.00: Section 1-
  131. 13.01: Section 2-
  132. 13.02: Section 3-
  133. 13.03: Section 4-
  134. 13.04: Section 5-
  135. 13.05: Section 6-
  136. 13.7: Cyclone Self Development
  137. 13.8: Review
  138. 13.9: Homework Exercises
  139. 14: Thunderstorm Fundamentals
  140. 14.00: Section 1-
  141. 14.01: Section 2-
  142. 14.02: Section 3-
  143. 14.03: Section 4-
  144. 14.04: Section 5-
  145. 14.05: Section 6-
  146. 14.7: Thunderstorm Forecasting
  147. 14.8: Storm Case Study
  148. 14.9: Review
  149. 14.10: Homework Exercises
  150. 15: Thunderstorm Hazards
  151. 15.00: Section 1-
  152. 15.01: Section 2-
  153. 15.02: Section 3-
  154. 15.03: Section 4-
  155. 15.04: Section 5-
  156. 15.05: Section 6-
  157. 16: Tropical Cyclones
  158. 16.00: Section 1-
  159. 16.01: Section 2-
  160. 16.02: Section 3-
  161. 16.03: Section 4-
  162. 16.04: Section 5-
  163. 16.05: Section 6-
  164. 16.7: Climatology
  165. 16.8: Hazards
  166. 16.9: Tropical Cyclone Forecasting
  167. 16.10: Review
  168. 16.11: Homework Exercises
  169. 17: Regional Winds
  170. 17.00: Section 1-
  171. 17.01: Section 2-
  172. 17.02: Section 3-
  173. 17.03: Section 4-
  174. 17.04: Section 5-
  175. 17.05: Section 6-
  176. 17.7: Mountain Waves
  177. 17.8: Streamlines Streaklines and Trajectories
  178. 17.9: Bernoulli's Equation
  179. 17.10: Downslope Winds
  180. 17.11: Canopy Flows
  181. 17.12: Review
  182. 17.13: Homework Exercises
  183. 18: Atmospheric Boundary Layer
  184. 18.00: Section 1-
  185. 18.01: Section 2-
  186. 18.02: Section 3-
  187. 18.03: Section 4-
  188. 18.04: Section 5-
  189. 18.05: Section 6-
  190. 18.8: Homework Exercises
  191. 19: Pollutant Dispersion
  192. 19.00: Section 1-
  193. 19.01: Section 2-
  194. 19.02: Section 3-
  195. 19.03: Section 4-
  196. 19.04: Section 5-
  197. 19.05: Section 6-
  198. 19.7: Dispersion in Unstable Boundary Layers (Convective Mixed Layers)
  199. 19.8: Review
  200. 19.9. Homework Exercises
  201. 20: Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)
  202. 20.00: Section 1-
  203. 20.01: Section 2-
  204. 20.02: Section 3-
  205. 20.03: Section 4-
  206. 20.04: Section 5-
  207. 20.05: Section 6-
  208. 20.7: Forecast Quality and Verfication
  209. 20.8. Review
  210. 20.9: Homework Exercises
  211. 21: Natural Climate Processes
  212. 21.00: New Page
  213. 21.01: New Page
  214. 21.02: New Page
  215. 21.03: New Page
  216. 21.5: Gaia Hypothesis and Daisyworld
  217. 21.6: GCMS
  218. 21.7: Present Climate
  219. 21.8: Natural Oscillations
  220. 21.9: Review
  221. 21.10: Homework Exercises
  222. 22: Atmospheric Optics
  223. 22.00: New Page
  224. 22.01: New Page
  225. 22.02: New Page
  226. 22.03: New Page
  227. 22.5: Diffraction and Interference
  228. 22.6: Mirages
  229. 22.7: Review
  230. 22.8: Homework Exercises