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Chapter 1: Weather Analysis: The Tools of the Trade
Identify the States game
Polar Stereographic tool
Scales of Motion applet
Station Model tool
Hawaii topography
Weather calculators and unit conversion: NWS 1,
NWS 2
Station Model Practice
Contouring applet
Practice drawing isopleths,
(2),
(3),
(4)
Chapter 2: The Global Ledger of Heat Energy
Relationship between wavelength and temperature
Emission diagram as a function of temperature
Angle of incidence
Earth's Energy Budget
Solar Calculator
Planck function
Temperature as f(emissivity, albedo, solar constant)
Conduction of energy
Schlieren video
Convection over Hot Plate
Mixing colors
Chapter 3: Global and Local Controllers of Temperature
Set of Climographs demonstrate climate controls
Overrunning at a warm front
Seasons and Tilt
Seasons interactive
Another Seasons interactive
Sun angle interactive
Sunshine applet
Incoming sunlight as f(date,latitude)
Sunrise/Sunset calculator
Atlantic Ocean surface water velocities
Chapter 4: The Role of Water in Weather
Making a cloud in a bottle
Temp, Dewpoint, and RH
Relative Humidity interactive
Chapter 5: Satellite and Radar Imagery: Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere
NASA Eyes on Earth 3D; NOAA Satellites Youtube page
Cloud Atlases: (1),
(2)
Geostationary Satellite Orbit:
Top View,
Side View
Polar-orbiting satellite interactive
Path of polar orbiter
Satellite image resolution
Clouds vs snow on visible imagery
Infrared satellite image simulator
Real-time IR temperatures interactive
Comparing visible and infrared imagery
Interpreting Water Vapor Imagery
Water vapor imagery and low-level moisture
Satellite imagery interactive
How radar works
Radar beam properties with distance
Doppler Effect Train (sound)
Doppler Velocity vs Storm-relative: Part 1,
Part 2
Chapter 6: Surface Patterns of Pressure and Wind
Balance of forces interactive
PGF, Coriolis, Friction: Interactive,
Narrated
Troughs and ridges
Coriolis Effect: Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3
Coriolis on Merry-Go-Round
Wind direction from isobars
Chapter 7: Upper-Air Patterns of Pressure and Wind
Pressure decreases faster in cold air than in warm air
Slicing a pressure surface with a height surface
Geostrophic flow on constant pressure surface
Heating's affect on pressure surfaces
SVS jet stream simulation
Jet stream explainer
Computer simulation of eddies associated with CAT
Movement of air thru a jet streak: (1),
(2)
Chapter 8: The Role of Stability in Weather
Interactive sounding tool
Wet-bulb calculator
Estimating LCL
Finding LCL on Skew-T
Finding Mixed Layer LCL
LCL, LFC, EL
Finding Theta-E on Skew-T
Virtual temperature calculator
Evolution of boundary layer on clear day
Satellite imagery, watching valley fog dissipating
Chapter 9: Thunderstorms
Lightning striking plane
Annual migration of lightning flashes
Flash Flood Toowoomba, Australia - January 10, 2011
Sea breeze
Make a thunderstorm
Lightning & Thunder
Single-cell thunderstorm model
Chapter 10: Tropics, Part I: Patterns of Wind, Water and Weather
Formation of heat low
Hadley Cells
Earth's Energy Budget
Average flow in tropics and mid-latitudes as demonstrated by water vapor imagery
El Nino: Animations, Current data, Chris Farley SNL
1997-98 El Nino
Sea-surface height anomalies,
SST Anomalies (Plan),
SST Anomalies (X-Section)
Advance of Asian summer monsoon
Chapter 11: Tropical Weather, Part II: Hurricanes
Hurricane Intensification
Simple hurricane model
Radar loop of Katrina landfall
Impact of tropical cyclones on SST: Juliette (2001), Bonnie & Danielle (1998)
Inland radar loop of Hurricane Ivan demonstrates spiral bands and tornadoes
Chapter 12: Mid-Latitude I: Linking Surface and Upper-Air Patterns
An ice skater
Rotation around the local vertical at various latitudes
Tilt-A-Whirl;
Application to Earth vs Relative Vorticity
Curvature vorticity
Shear vorticity
Chapter 13: Mid-Latitude II: The Cyclone Model
Conveyor belts
Water vapor loops unveil conveyor belts:
Aug 6, 2013,
Dec 26-27, 2010
Advection's role in self-development
Evolution of upper-air trough
Chapter 14: Mid-Latitude III: Spawning Severe Weather
Radar loop of June 29, 2012 derecho
Radar loop of May 3, 1999 Oklahoma supercells
Tour of a Supercell
Computing wind-shear vector
Chapter 15: Tornadoes
Movie of dust devils on Mars
Chapter 16: Winter Weather
Winter precipitation types
Grow snow crystals
Precipitation-type applet
Chapter 17: Numerical Weather Prediction
Lorenz Attractor Applets (illustrate sensitive dependence on initial conditions):
Exploratorium,
Caltech
Error growth in NWP
Wave Addition and Superposition
Wave interaction
Chapter 18: Human Influence on Weather and Climate
Milankovitch cycles
Greenhouse Gas Simulator
Make a livable planet
NASA Global Climate Change
NASA Time Machine
Ground-level ozone formation game
