ATMO 203: STUDY GUIDE FOR TUTORIAL 10

1) Identify 5 important methods for moving heat from one place to another.

2) Identify 2 types of mixing and know the difference between them.

3) Know which type of mixing is more important for warming and which type is more important for cooling.

4) Know which method of transport is essential despite the fact that it only affects a few meters of the atmosphere.

5) Understand the difference between stable and unstable stratification.

6) Be able to estimate how warm it may get at the surface using temperatures from 850 mb.

7) Know how to account for the following when using the above technique:

a) Clouds and rain

b) Station elevation

c) Humidity

8) Know the rate (in degrees/kilometer) at which a well-mixed atmosphere cools as you go up.

9) Know what a nocturnal inversion is and explain how one forms.

10) Know how nocturnal inversions affect wind and temperature.

11) Know how station location (hilltop vs. valley and forest vs. grassland) affects nighttime temperatures.

12) Be able to apply these concepts to making a low temperature forecast.