| NATS 101 Intro to Weather and Climate Section 05: 2:00PM TTh ILC 150 |
| NATS 101 - 05 |
| LISTSERV |
| NATS 101 -
05 Lecture 2 Density, Pressure & Temperature Climate and Weather |
| Two Important Concepts |
| What is Density? |
| Density Change |
| What is Pressure? |
| Pressure |
| Density and Pressure Variation |
| Why rapid change with height? |
| Why rapid change with height? |
| Why rapid change with height? |
| Why rapid change with height? |
| A Thinning Atmosphere |
| Pressure Decreases Exponentially with Height |
| Exponential Variation |
| Water versus Air |
| Equation for Pressure Variation |
| What is Pressure at 2.8 km? (Summit of Mt. Lemmon) |
| What is Pressure at Tucson? |
| Temperature (T) Profile |
| Higher Atmosphere |
| Atmospheric Layers Essentials |
| Summary |
| Climate and Weather |
| Weather |
| Surface Station Model |
| Sky Cover and Weather Symbols |
| Wind Barbs |
| Slide 31 |
| Practice Surface Station |
| Practice Surface Station |
| Surface Map Symbols |
| Slide 35 |
| Radiosonde |
| Radiosonde Distribution |
| Radiosonde for Tucson |
| Climate |
| Slide 40 |
| Slide 41 |
| Climate of Tucson Monthly Averages |
| Slide 43 |
| Climate of Tucson Probability of Last Freeze |
| Climate of Tucson Probability of Rain |
| Climate of Tucson Extreme Rainfall |
| Climate of Tucson Snow! |
| Summary |
| Reading Assignment |