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Decks in this class (14)

Pressure Systems
What is a pressure gradient and h...,
What is an anti cyclone and which...,
What weather can be expected in a...
18  cards
Properties Of The Atmosphere
What is the difference between ad...,
What is the difference between la...,
What is a frontal inversion 3
3  cards
Humidity
What is a super cooled water drop...,
What is dew point what happens to...,
What is absolute humidity 3
6  cards
Adiabatic Processes And Lapse Rates
What is the dry adiabatic lapse r...,
What is the saturated adiabatic l...,
What is environment lapse rate 3
12  cards
Wind
How is pressure gradient wind cal...,
What is coriolis geostrophic force 2,
How do you calculate the magnitud...
38  cards
Air Masses
When an air mass moves over a war...,
How are the following conditions ...
2  cards
Fronts
What are the following and how ar...,
What happens to the following dur...,
What happens to the following dur...
3  cards
Clouds
What are the 2 ways in which clou...,
Name 5 ways the cloud lifting pro...,
High clouds 1 where do the bases ...
7  cards
Visibility
At what vis is rvr used 1,
1 what distance is vis reduced to...,
What distance is seen through 3
3  cards
Precipitation
1 what is coalescence theory 1,
What are the 6 levels of precip 2,
What clouds do the following type...
3  cards
Thunderstorms
What are 3 requirements for a thu...,
What 5 ways is air lifted to crea...,
What 2 types of thunderstorms are...
14  cards
Windshear And Turbulence
Coping with windshear 1,
What causes 1 convective turbulen...,
What happens to altimeter reading...
3  cards
Icing
What 3 conditions are necessary f...,
What 2 factors dictate the size o...,
1 how is clear glaze ice formed 3
6  cards
Climatology
Which direction is air deflected ...,
Due to the equatorial low pressur...,
In the equatorial climate 0 10 3
6  cards

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