Unit 6 Meteorology

Major Topics and Objectives 
6A.  EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE AND HEAT
What is responsible for Earth’s weather?
Video Lesson 6A-1  Earth's Atmopshere and Heat
Video Lesson 6A-2  Terrestrial R(er)adiation
Video Lesson 6A-3  Temperature and Pressure Charts in ESRTs

6B.  MOISTURE, CLOUDS, AND PRECIPITATION 
What are the relationships between moisture, clouds and precipitation?
Moisture
Video Lesson 6B1-1  Phases of Water and Phase Change Diagram
Video Lesson 6B1-2  Pscyhrometer - How to find Dew Point and Relative Humidity
Video Lesson 6B1-3  Dew Point and Relative Humidity
Clouds
Video Lesson 6B2-1   Adiabatic Temperature Changes
Video Lesson 6B2-2   Determining Cloud Base Height
Video Lesson 6B2-3   Clouds and Cloud Formation Processes
Precipitation
Video Lesson 6B3-1  Air Stability and Environmental Lapse Rate
Video Lesson 6B3-2  The Bergeron Process (snow) vs Collision Coalescence (rain)
Video Lesson 6B3-3  How Common Types of Precipitation Form

6C.  AIR PRESSURE AND WIND 
How is air pressure responsible for wind?
Video Lesson 6C1-1   Temperature and Pressure Charts in ESRTs
Video Lesson 6C1-2   Air Pressure Demonstrations - AIR HAS MASS!
Video Lesson 6C1-3  Coriolis Effect Explained  -   Student Coriolis Effect Demonstation
Video Lesson 6C1-4   Atmospheric Air Pressure Basics and Highs and Lows
Video Lesson 6C1-5   Cyclone (Low) and Anti-cyclone (High) 
Video Lesson 6C1-6   Global Winds and Atmospheric Pressure
Video Lesson 6C1-7   Winds Complete Overview

6D.  FRONTS 
Why are fronts the most likely place for unsettled weather? 
Video Lesson 6D-1  Air Masses
Video Lesson 6D-2  Fronts

6E.  STORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER 
Where and how are the most hazardous weather situations likely to happen? 
Video Lesson 6E1-1  The Jet Stream
Video Lesson 6E1-2  Mid-latitude Cyclones
Video Lesson 6E1-3  Lightning
Video Lesson 6E2-1  Hurricanes and Tornadoes
Video Lesson 6E2-2  Hurricanes Nat. Geo.

6F.  FORECASTING 
How can weather information be used to make forecasts?  
Video Lesson 6F-1a  Station Models (ESRTs p. 13)
Station Models
          Video Lesson 6F-1b  Interactive Wx Station Model
          Interactive Wx Station Model
Video Lesson 6F-2  Weather Forecasting
Video Lesson 6F-3  How Doppler Radar Works
Video Lesson 6F-4  Detailed Radar Reading