Weeks 7-8: Clouds, Precipitation, Radar, and Severe Weather
Lecture PDF
Key concepts/questions
New Terms
Reading: Chapter 7 and 11 of Moran
Links:
Lecture PDF
Key concepts/questions
- The size of the rain drop you measure is a good proxy for what atmospheric variables?
- What are the differences between stratus and cumulus type clouds?
- What kind of fog might you expect to see form in the valley's of Idaho during winter nights?
- What are some of the challenges in measuring precipitation, likewise what are some challenges with radar?
- What factors influence the geography and seasonality of severe thunderstorms?
New Terms
- Cloud Condensation Nuclei
- Stratiform, Cumuliform cloud
- Radiation, Advection, Upslope and Steam Fog
- Collision-Coalescence process
- Bergeron process
- Downdrafts and updrafts
Reading: Chapter 7 and 11 of Moran
Links:
Radar and Precipitation from John Abatzoglou on Vimeo.
Thunderstorms! from John Abatzoglou on Vimeo.
Severe Thunderstorms and Hail from John Abatzoglou on Vimeo.