NATS 101-34 Quiz 3 Study Guide

Blue means the 5^th edition of Ahrens

General topics covered in the quiz: condensation, fog, clouds, stability, precipitation, horizontal pressure variations

Ch.4

What a cloud concentration nuclei is and why it is important

Know the cloud types so given a picture of a cloud you can answer a multiple choice or two about which type it is

Review questions: 13,14

Ch. 5

Stability and moisture condensation, ELR, DAR and MAR Figure 5.7 (5.9)

How is ELR measured?

If the ELR changes to 8^oC/km in Figure 5.7 (5.9), how does the rest of the figure change?

Air flow over a mountain Figure 5.12 (5.14),

Distinguish between the ice processes Figures 5.19-5.21 (5.21-5.23)

Difference between drizzle, rain, sleet, freezing rain, snow, hail

Review questions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 20(21), 23(24)

Ch. 6

Understand converting measured pressure to sea level pressure

Extremes of surface pressure Figure 6.3

Understand how horizontal temperature structure creates horizontal pressure gradients (PGF) which produce winds

Review questions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 14 5^th ed:1,3,4,5,9.10,15