ATMO336 - Outline for Second Exam
Chapter 2: Severe Weather

1. Remote sensing:

the weather satellite (uses, types);

the weather radar

2. Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes:

Frequency of thunderstorms and tornadoes (USA);

Damages, dangers

3. Tropical cyclones and hurricanes:

Areas of occurrence;

Damages, dangers;

4. Consequences of Severe Weather:

Arguments for normalized damages

Trends

Chapter 3: The Balanced Atmosphere

1. Budgets and cycles

2. Water and the hydrologic cycle

main reservoirs

processes that move and transform water from one

reservoir to another

3. The carbon cycle:

reservoirs;

photosynthesis and respiration;

sources and sinks;

4. The ozone layer:

creation and destruction;

CFCs, the ozone hole (when and where);

5. Anthropogenic pollution:

main pollutants (primary and secondary);

sources, effects on health (respiration);

5. Energy Budget:

Incoming solar energy (reflection and absorption);

Long wave radiation, downward and upward;