ATM OCN 100 - Summer 2002 EXAM 1 REVIEW:

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ATM OCN 100 - Summer 2002 EXAM 1 REVIEW

• EXAM STRUCTURE
• Completion (Fill In the Blank)
• Multiple Choice
• Matching and Figures
• No Arithmetic Computations
• No True-False Questions

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MONITORING THE WEATHER

• SYNOPTIC WEATHER OBSERVATIONS ANALYSIS
• THE TOOLS
• Weather Instruments to include surface,
  satellites, radar, radiosondes.
• WEATHER MAPS
• Isobars Isotherms
• Symbols Highs, Lows fronts
• Use of sea-level corrected pressure

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ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION

• PRESENT COMPOSITION especially near
  surface
• Fixed dry air species, variable gases, aerosols,
  clouds
• VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION
• According to Chemical Species
• Homosphere Heterosphere
• According to Charged Particles
• Ionosphere Magnetosphere
• HISTORICAL EVOLUTION of ATMOSPHERE
• Why does present atmosphere have free O2?

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AIR PRESSURE

• DEFINITION
• INSTRUMENTS
• Mercury aneroid barometers
• SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE VALUES VARIATIONS in
  Time Space
• VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION of Pressure

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AIR TEMPERATURE

• DEFINITION
• INSTRUMENTS
• Liquid-in-glass, deformation, electric
  radiation thermometers
• NEAR-SURFACE TEMPERATURE VALUES VARIATIONS in
  Time Space
• DEGREE-DAY UNITS
• VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION of Temperature
• The Spheres Pauses Nomenclature

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ENERGETICS Energy Power

• ENERGY FORMS
• ENERGY POWER UNITS
• CONSERVATION of ENERGY
• ENERGY TRANSPORT MECHANISMS
• Conduction, convection, radiation
• Examples wind-chill wind-chill equivalent
  temperature

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ENERGETICS Radiation

• RADIATION SPECTRUM
• RADIATION LAWS
• SHORT WAVE Vs. LONG WAVE (i.e., solar Vs.
  terrestrial)
• ENERGY BUDGETS
• PLANETARY
• LOCAL

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GAS LAWS THERMODYNAMICS

• KINETIC THEORY
• EQUATION OF STATE
• DALTON'S LAW
• FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
• RESPONSE OF AIR PARCELS TO VERTICAL MOTIONS

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WATER The HYDROLOGIC CYCLE

• RESERVOIRS FLUXES

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Thats All Folks!!

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B
D
C
A
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3 Weeks Tentative GradesNo homework added
Letter Grade Exam Grade
A 93 - 100
AB 89 - 92
B 80 - 88
BC 69 - 79
C 50 - 68
D 36 - 49
F lt 35