ATMS 502 Graphics from Lectures

Atmospheric Sciences 502
Introduction to Synoptic Meteorology
Fall 2011

Graphics from Lectures
Last updated 15 November 2011

This webpage will be used to supplement lecture material with graphics, links, etc. It will also be used to provide graphics for lab exercises. It will be updated on an as-needed basis.

Climatology Loops

NH 500 hght
SH 500 hght
NH 1000 hght
SH 1000 hght
NH 1000 temp
SH 1000 temp
30-day means NH for past spring/summer from NOAA/ESRL
30-day anomalies for past spring/summer from NOAA/ESRL
7-day mean/anom for this past week from NOAA/ESRL
station locations

thickness Loops

Geostrophic Wind Exercise

Group 1 example 1
Group 2
- example 2 part 1
- example 2 part 2
Group 3 example 3
Group 4example 4

Chicago Snow Storm Feb 2011 for lab

500 mb loop

Cyclone Structure
Examples of strong fronts

Cold Front Nov2003
Oct 2010 front
- surface analysis
- soundings
Feb 2006 front
- surface analysis
- timeseries
Nov 2010 front
- surface reports
- Pot. Temp analysis
- picture from Jim Steenburgh's house
- soundings do in xterm?
January 2004 front
October 2008 front
Port Alberni timeseries nov 2009

Example Soundings through fronts

Examples

Satellite examples

For lab: Feb 2011 case
Soundings

Timeseries

Hghts + SLP + Thickness

Heights, slp and thickness for feb 11 case

QG Omega Links

Satellite Lab
Single images

7 Feb 2002
20 Oct 2005
15 June 2010
4 July 2010
25 Oct 2011
13 October 2008 Support loops are above under October 2008 front

Loops

loop for Oct 25, 2011

Satellite images for fun

NE snowstorm

Seattle Snow Nov 2010

For Bob Sept 2012