1. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 1 ATM OCN 100 - Summer 2002 EXAM 3 REVIEW: 50-60 minute EXAM IS CUMULATIVE, BUT MORE WEIGHT TO RECENT 2 WEEKS EXAM STRUCTURE –Completion (Fill In the Blank) –Multiple Choice –Matching –No Arithmetic Computations –No True-False Questions

2. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 2 ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 EXAM 3 (FINAL) REVIEW: EXAM IS CUMULATIVE, BUT MORE WEIGHT TO RECENT 3 WEEKS EXAM STRUCTURE –Multiple Choice & Matching –No Arithmetic Computations –No True-False Questions EXAM is 2 HRS. & WILL BE HELD IN RM. B102 Van Vleck @ 2:45 pm WED 20 DEC 2000 PLEASE BRING A #2 PENCIL!

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4. 4 WINDS & WIND THEORY u WIND OBSERVATIONS & INSTRUMENTS u EQUATION OF ATMOSPHERIC MOTION –FORCE COMPONENTS u SIMPLE MODELS –Hydrostatic Balance; –Geostrophic, Gradient, Friction-Layer flow u LINKAGE BETWEEN VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL FLOW –EQUATION OF MASS CONTINUITY –DINES' COMPENSATION

5. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 5 WINDS & WIND THEORY u SIMPLE MODELS –Hydrostatic Balance –Geostrophic, Gradient, Friction-Layer flow u LINKAGE BETWEEN VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL FLOW –Equation of Mass Continuity –Compensation

6. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 6 LOCAL ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION REGIMES u LAKE (SEA) - LAND BREEZE u MOUNTAIN - VALLEY BREEZE

7. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 7 UPPER AIR u GENERAL RELATIONSHIPS –temperature & ridges/troughs –winds & ridges/troughs

8. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 8 UPPER AIR u OBSERVATIONS u UPPER AIR CHARTS u GENERAL RELATIONSHIPS –temperature & ridges/troughs –winds & ridges/troughs

9. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 9 PLANETARY SCALE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION REGIME u Prevailing Wind Fields & Semi-permanent Pressure Systems u Relating Planetary Atmospheric Circulation Regimes to: –OCEANIC CIRCULATION REGIME –BIOMES u Planetary-Scale Circulation Theories & Models

10. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 10 PLANETARY ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION REGIME (con’t.) u Planetary-Scale Jet Streams u Thermal Wind Relationship u Anomalous Circulation Patterns – El Niño - Southern Oscillation [ENSO Events] – La Niña u Monsoon Circulation Regime

11. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 11 MID-LATITUDE WEATHER SYSTEMS u Air Masses –Nomenclature –Source Regions u Fronts –Cold –Warm –Stationary –Occluded u Vertical Structure of Weather Systems

12. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 12 MID-LATITUDE WEATHER SYSTEMS (con’t.) EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES u Relative sizes and climatology u Cyclogenesis regions u Storm tracks u The occlusion process u Relationship with upper level flow u Weather & cloud sequences associated with migratory cyclones

13. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 13 THUNDERSTORMS u Atmospheric Stability Criteria u Types of thunderstorms u Thunderstorm Climatology & relative sizes u Formation factors u Stages of a thunderstorm u Severe thunderstorm criteria

14. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 14 THUNDERSTORMS u Atmospheric Stability Criteria u Thunderstorm Climatology u Types of thunderstorms u Formation factors u Stages of a thunderstorm u Thunderstorm Hazards u Severe thunderstorm criteria

15. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 15 That’s All Folks!! Good Luck! Come to office hours EmailCall

16. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 16 ANTICYCLONES u Types of mid latitude anticyclones u Distinctive features u Hazards associated with anticyclones

17. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 17 UPPER AIR WINDS u Jet Streams u Thermal Wind u Types of upper level flow patterns u Relationships between upper air & surface circulation patterns

18. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 18 THUNDERSTORMS u Atmospheric Stability Criteria u Types of thunderstorms u Thunderstorm Climatology & relative sizes u Formation factors u Stages of a thunderstorm u Severe thunderstorm criteria

19. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 19 LIGHTNING & OTHER THUNDERSTORM HAZARDS u Reasons for lightning u Types of lightning u Lightning sequence u Personal safety measures u Flash Floods u Hail

20. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 20 TORNADOES u Tornado Climatology & relative sizes u Reasons for tornadoes u Personal safety measures

21. ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 21 HURRICANES u Tropical cyclone classification u Hurricane Climatology & relative sizes u Comparison with extratropical storms u Reasons for hurricanes u Personal safety measures