Web links for ATMO 170A1 - Section 1

Chapter 6 and 8

Station data resources:

1. Appendix C (p. 488-489) in the class textbook (Ahrens 2015, 7th edition)

2. Weather Prediction Center

3. Appendix B from Lutgens and Tarbuck (2016, 13th edition)

Map of surface station, fronts, and satellite image

Zoom in on southwest U.S.

Fig. 6.4 (Atmospheric pressure normal and extremes)

Fig. 8.2 (Air mass source regions)

Fig. 1 and 2 on p. 227 (lake effect snow); thundersnow; Buffalo lake effect snowstorm

Fig. 8.5 (shallow convection); coastal cyclone

Fig. 8.7 (mP air over Intermountain West)

Fig. 8.9 (atmospheric river)

Fig. 8.10 (flood damage)

Fig. 8.26 (family of cyclones)

Density current demo

Map of 500 mb height and water vapor

Upper-level maps