Back to ATM110 Class Notes Power Point Files Introduction Insitu observation Radar observation Satellite observation Data assimilation and model forecasting Vertical Analysis Instability and inversion Stability indices Fronts, Drylilnes, & Storms Horizonal Analysis, Forces, & Flows Horizonal T advection Horizonal Vorticity advection Jet stream and jet streak Vertical velocity, Rossby waves Cyclones Frontogenesis & Thunderstorms Tornado Hurricane Observations observation Vertical Analysis lapse rate Moisture Skew-T log-P diagram and moisture Stability indices vertical instability CAPE stability indices Horizontal Analysis Wind, pressure, and force balance pressure gradient forces gradient wind and cyclostrophic wind Derived quantities total derivative and partial derivative motion in x,y,z coordinates motion in x,y,p coordinates motion in the nature coordinates advection vorticity in the cartesian coordinates vorticity equation in x, y, p coordinates Cyclogenesis, fronts, and mid-latitude storms synoptic-dynamic meteorology in midlatitudes front jet streak and cyclone structure cyclones Local severe weather Tropical systems updated 04/03/08