Weather Study |
Contents
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AND INSTRUMENTS | 13 |
Wind Direction and Speed | 21 |
The Upper Air | 27 |
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air masses amount anticyclone ascending atmosphere base Beaufort scale centre clear cold air cold front condensation convection cooled cumulo-nimbus cumulus curve cyclone damp air decrease density depression dew-point diagram distance dry adiabatic dry air dry-bulb effect equation evaporation feet formation freezing-point frontal surface geostrophic wind give gradient ground hemisphere high pressure horizontal increase instability inversion isobars known land lapse-rate latitudes layer liquid water low cloud low pressure lower mass of air meteorological millibars motion moving night observations particles polar air potential temperature radiation fog rain rainfall region relative humidity rise saturated adiabatic scale shown in Fig slope stratus supercooled synoptic chart tephigram thermal wind thunderstorms tropical turbulence type of cloud upward variation of temperature velocity vertical visibility warm air warm front warm sector water drops water vapour wave-lengths weather westerly winds wet-bulb temperature wind direction winter