ATSC 210 EXAM 1 OBJECTIVES

Distinguish between Atmospheric Sciences, meteorology, and climatology. ATSC: Disciplines devoted to description & understanding of phenomena in the atmospheres of Earth and other planets. ATSC has 2 disciplines: meteorology (study of atmospheric phenomena & their time dependent behavior), & climatology (study of long term statistical properties of the atmosphere). Identify the 2 sub-disciplines of meteorology Meteorology and Climatology Define Synoptic Meteorology A summary of meteorological events at a given time Describe the characteristics of Synoptic Meteorology Description, analysis, & forecasting of large scale atmospheric motions. Synoptic and Dynamic Meteorology are interrelated. Identify the 3 scale of motion classification schemes Orlanski (1975), Fujita (1981), Other (General/Common) Identify the atmospheric phenomena scales for Orlanski Microscale (2 km), Mesoscale (2 km - 2000 km), Macroscale ( 2000 km) Identify the atmospheric phenomena scales for Fujita Musoscale (.0004 km), Mososcale (.0004 km - .04 km), Misoscale (.04 km - 4 km), Mesoscale (4 km - 400 km), Masoscale (400 km) Identify the atmospheric phenomena scales for General (or Common) Small (or Micro) Scale (10 km), Mesoscale (10 - 1000 km) - Synoptic Scale, Large Scale ( 1000 km) - Global or Planetary Scale. Identify types of weather on the General Scale that occur 1000 km (Global or Planetary Scale 10,000 km)