Meteorology Handouts

I. Temperature, Pressure and Density

1. Whats the Temperature lab

2. Where is it Hot or Cold lab

II. Atmosphere Composition

1. Drawing Isotherms lab Zip image

III. Radiation and the Greenhouse Effect

1. Structure of the Atmosphere lab Word Zip image

2. Absorption of Radiation: Greenhouse Paper

IV. Heat Transfer and Sphericity

1. Sunlight and Seasons lab Word Zip Image

2. Two Liter Bottle assignment

V. Sea and Land Breezes

1. Atmosphere in the Vertical lab Zip image

VI. Atmospheric Moisture

1. Drawing Isobars from a Surface Pressure Map Zip image

2. Air Pollution Power-Point

VII. Saturation

1. Do the Dewpoint lab

VIII. Clouds and Stability

1. Types of Clouds ppt.

2. Cloud Slides

3. Cloud Slides assigned

4. Atmosphere in the Vertical ppt.

IX. Geostrophic Winds

1. Cloud in a Bottle Lab

X. Global Circulation

1. High and Low lab Zip image

XI. Mid-Latitude Cyclones and Air Masses

1. Questions for Mid-Latitude Cyclone and Air Masses Word

2. Atmosphere Aloft lab Zip image

3. Student cloud slide show

XII. Jet-Stream and Cyclogenesis

1. Jet-Stream and Cyclogensis Questions Word

2. Jet Stream and Cyclogenesis ppt.

3. Polar-Front Jet-Stream lab Zip image

4. Jet Stream and Pressure lab Zip image

5. Paleoclimate Proxy PPT

XIII. Meteorological Technology

2. Tool Worksheet Word

3. RADAR I ppt. ; RADAR II ppt.; RADAR III ppt.

a. Radar Lab Word

4. Satellite ppt.

a. Satellite lab I Zip image

b. Satellite lab II Word

XIV. Severe Weather

1. Severe Weather Questions Word

3. Tornado lab Word

XV. Winter Storm

1. Blizzard ppt.

2. Notable Catastrophies in Meteorology

3. Meteorology of the West ppt.

4. Winter Storm lab Zip image

XVI. Ocean Influence and Tropical Storms

1. Tropical Storm Questions Word

2. Hurricane lab Zip image

3. El Nino lab Word

XVII. Global Climate Change

1. Climate Change lab (Glaciers) Word