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1 CDR Robert L. Calhoun, USN Aviation and Weather

2 The Turbomentor The Orion The Skyhawk USS Eisenhower Aircraft and Ships

3 Desert to Tropics Suez Canal Canal Zone, Panama

4 Andoya, Norway Thule, Greenland Hot to Cold Negev Desert, Israel Andøya, Norway

5 Calm and Stormy Seas Eastern Pacific North Atlantic

6 Glaciers and Volcanoes Mt Aetna, Sicily Vatnajokull, Iceland

7 The atmosphere affects you on the ground…

8 …and in the air

9 Hazards http://www.stormchaser.ca/Lightning/Lightning_Archive/Luke%20AFB%2 0Lightning.html http://www.mountainflying.com/Photos%20Other/Wave-Knapp.jpg

10 Atmosphere

11 Earth-Atmosphere Energy Balance Diagram http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/atmos/energy_balance.htm

12 Hydrologic Cycle Diagram http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/atmos/hydro_cycle.htm

13 Movement

14 Seasons http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/global/global_intro.htm

15 Circulation http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/global/circ.htm

16 More Circulation

17 How clouds are made

18 Lifting http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/synoptic/precip.htm

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20 More Lifting http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/synoptic/airmass.htm

21 Cloud Types Nimbo-form Cirro-form Cumulo-form Strato-form http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/synoptic/clouds.htm

22 National Weather Service tools

23 Radar

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25 Satellite

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29 Graphics

30 Built by thousands of reporting stations

31 Winds

32 Turbulence

33 What’s a TAF? KAUS 071720Z 071818 17014G22KT P6SM SCT025 BKN035 FM2000 16015KT P6SM SCT050 SCT250 FM0600 17011KT P6SM OVC025 FM1100 18009KT 5SM BR OVC009 FM1500 17015G25KT P6SM BKN025

34 The Code Obscuration BR Mist (Foggy conditions with visibilities greater than 5/8 statute mile) FG Fog (visibility 5/8 statute mile or less) FU Smoke DU Dust SA Sand HZ Haze PY Spray VA Volcanic Ash http://whitts.alioth.net/Paged8Reading%20Terminal%20Area%20Forecasts.htm Precipitation DZ Drizzle RA Rain SN Snow SG Snow Grains IC Ice Crystals PE Ice Pellets GR Hail GS Small Hail or Snow Pellets (less than 1/4 inch in diameter)

35 http://flyawaysimulation.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=My_eGallery&file=index&do=showpic&gid=10&pid=4488&orderby=hitsD Instrument Approach

36 Quiz Lajes, Azores Keflavik, Iceland

37 Questions?

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