Winter 2002
EOM
denotes Essentials of Meteorology
Links are enrichment,
not required reading
Introduction
- General background
EOM: Chaper 1: The earth's atmosphere
- Solar heating:
the ultimate cause of all atmospheric motion
- Temperature differences make pressure gradients which make winds
EOM: Chapter 2: Warming the earth and the atmosphere
The development of thermometers and temperature scales
Time lapse of infrared water vapor imagery
EOM: Chapter 3: Air temperature
Wind Chill
EOM: Chapter
6: Air pressure and winds
Gas
law demonstrator
A
fancier gas law demonstrator (requires Internet Explorer)
July
500-mb loop
January
500-mb loop
EOM: Chapter
7: Atmospheric circulations
Lenticular
clouds
Lenticular
clouds as UFOs
Mountain
lee wave visible satellite loop (6.4 MB)
NOAA
El Nino Theme Page
General
circulation notes: p. 1
General
circulation notes: p. 2
General
circulation notes: p. 3
General
circulation notes: p. 4
General
circulation notes: p. 5
- Highs, lows and fronts
EOM: Chapter 8: Air masses, fronts and middle latitude cyclones
Mid-latitude cyclone developing offshore
Weather forecasting
EOM: Chapter
9: Weather forecasting
- The behavior of water vapor and liquid water in the air
- Rainbows, halos, etc.
EOM: Chapter 4: Humidity, condensation and clouds
The bond between two water molecules
Molecular motion in liquid water
More on the molecular structure of water and ice
EOM: Chapter
5: Cloud development and precipitation
EOM: Chapter 15: Light, color and atmospheric optics
Rainbow light paths
Build a rainbow
- Thunderstorms and tornadoes
- Hurricanes
EOM: Chapter 10: Thunderstorms and tornadoes
NSSL Oklahoma Tornadoes
Supercell and Tornado Photos
EOM: Chapter 11: Hurricanes
The baddest hurricanes. FAQ
- Climate change
EOM: Chapter12: Air Pollution (pp. 319-324)
EOM: Chapter 14: Climate change