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Investigations in Weather and Climate

This lab manual offers a hands-on introduction to core concepts in weather and climate, built around meteorological diagrams, datasets, and weather maps. Designed to work entirely independently, it lets students explore both provided and self-sourced weather data, gaining practical experience with the tools used to investigate weather.

Geosciences
Author
Neel Desai and Alicia Mullens
Publisher
De Anza College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 69 sections
  1. 01: Surface and Upper-Air Weather
  2. 1.01: What is Weather
  3. 1.02: Weather Maps and the Station Model
  4. 1.03: Precipitation on a map
  5. 1.04: The Vertical Atmosphere
  6. 1.05: Vertical Atmosphere data charts
  7. 1.06: Accessible Descriptions
  8. 02: Heating the Earth
  9. 2.01: Types of Heat Transfer
  10. 2.02: Radiation
  11. 2.03: Selective Absorbers and Greenhouse Gasses
  12. 2.04: Reflection Albedo and Land Cover
  13. 2.05: Seasons and Latitude
  14. 2.06: Length of Day and Insolation vs. Latitude
  15. 2.07: Accessible Descriptions
  16. 03: Air Temperature
  17. 3.01: Measurements
  18. 3.02: Mapping
  19. 3.03: Advection
  20. 3.04: Applications
  21. 3.05: Accessible Descriptions
  22. 04: Moisture and Clouds
  23. 4.01: What is Relative Humidity
  24. 4.02: Relative Humidity Diurnal Cycle
  25. 4.03: Saturation and Clouds
  26. 4.04: Clouds in the Vertical Atmosphere
  27. 4.05: Accessible Descriptions
  28. 05: Rising Air and Stability
  29. 5.01: Rising Air
  30. 5.02: Charting Air Parcels
  31. 5.03: A Case Study
  32. 5.04: Atmospheric Stability
  33. 5.05: Accessible Descriptions
  34. 06: Air Pressure Isobars and the Hand-Twist Model
  35. 6.01: Air Pressure on a Weather Map
  36. 6.02: High and Low Pressure Systems
  37. 6.03: Cyclonic and Anticyclonic Flow - The Hand Twist Model
  38. 6.04: Cyclonic and Anticyclonic flow in real life.
  39. 6.05: Accessible Descriptions
  40. 07: Surface Winds
  41. 7.01: Surface vs Aloft
  42. 7.02: Why the wind blows
  43. 7.03: Other forces acting on the wind
  44. 7.04: Accessible Descriptions
  45. 08: Upper Air Winds
  46. 8.01: Pressure Levels and Heights
  47. 8.02: Troughs and Ridges
  48. 8.03: Westerlies and the Jet Stream
  49. 8.04: Convergence Divergence and Jet Streaks
  50. 8.05: Accessible Descriptions
  51. 09: El Nino and La Nina
  52. 9.01: The Walker Circulation
  53. 9.02: El Nino and La Nina Phases
  54. 9.03: Accessible Descriptions
  55. 10: Mid-Latitude Cyclones
  56. 10.01: Fronts
  57. 10.02: Air Pressure Changes in Frontal Passages
  58. 10.03: Tracking Mid-Latitude Cyclones
  59. 10.04: Accessible Descriptions
  60. 11: Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
  61. 11.01: Ingredients for Thunderstorms
  62. 11.02: Types of Thunderstorms
  63. 11.03: Tornadoes
  64. 11.04: Accessible Descriptions
  65. 12: Hurricanes
  66. 12.01: Where and how do hurricanes form
  67. 12.02: Tracking and forecasting hurricanes
  68. 12.03: Air pressure vs. intensity for Hurricane Michael
  69. 12.04: Accessible Descriptions