| Topics |
Description on Course |
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Atmospheric Pressure |
Introduces pressure, surface pressure and how pressure varies
with height, the importance of isobars, and high and low pressure centers. |
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Atmospheric Optics |
Introduces the refraction, reflection, diffraction and
scattering of light and the optical effects that result, from rainbows to sundogs, sunsets
to haloes. |
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| Cloud Catalog |
Introduces high, middle and low clouds. clouds with vertical
development, numerous other cloud types, plus the lifting mechanisms responsible for their
development. |
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| El Niņo |
El Niņo is a warm current that appears in the eastern
tropical Pacific ocean, with significant impacts from local fishing industries to global
weather patterns. |
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| Forecasting the Weather |
Introduces forecasting methods, interpreting surface features
and forecasting temperature and precipitation values. |
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| Forces and Winds |
Introduces the pressure gradient and coriolis forces, and
their roles in the generation of wind. |
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| Guide to Fronts |
Investigates warm fronts, cold fronts, plus stationary and
occluded fronts. |
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| Guide to Weather Maps and
Images |
Learn how to interpret surface, satellite and radar images,
surface observation symbols, upper air symbols, surface and upper air contours and
constant pressure surfaces. |
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| Hurricane |
Learn when and where hurricanes typically develop, how they
develop, stages of development, their structure, satellite animations of Douglas and
Edouard and the destruction caused by hurricanes. |
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| Hydrology Cycle |
Introduces the Earth's water budget and the processes of
evaporation, condensation, transportation, transpiration, groundwater, runoff and
precipitation |
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| Land Breezes - Lake
Effect Snow |
Step by step explanation of land breezes, their role in the
development of lake effect snow, plus a close-up look at a special lake effect snow event. |
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| Midlatitude Cyclones |
Introduces midlatitude cyclones, associated winds and air
masses, satellite images and upper air features. |
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| Severe Storm Spotters
Guide |
A large collection of slides ( courtesy of NOAA) and text
investigating thunderstorms and thunderstorm phenomena like tornadoes, hail and damaging
winds. |
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| Units For Elementary School
Kids |
Small units designed for younger children that are easy to
read and understand |
