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Air Masses, Fronts and Storms
Earth ScienceChapter 19
Pages 528-554
Academic Excellence ShowcaseThursday, May 29
• Two points credit for each talk you attend in Phil Wade’s session 9:00 to 11:30 AM, in NS 103
• One point credit for every four Earth Science posters you investigate in the Pacific Room of Werner Center
• Must submit worksheets/ summaries and attendance tickets of each talk or poster for credit
• Link to worksheets, instructions and proceedings http://www.wou.edu/~brownk/ES106/AcademicExcellenceShowcase.2008.pdf
Canadian Air mass Air masses
Buffalo NY snow Lake Effect Snow belts
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Maritime Polar Air Mass Warm Front
Cold Front Occluded Front—onset
Occluded Front—developed Occluded Front—dissipation
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Development of Mid-latitude Cyclone
Mid-latitude Cyclone 1
Mid-latitude Cyclone 2 Development of Mid-latitude Cyclone
Mid-latitude Cyclone 3 Mid-latitude Cyclone 4
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Development of Mid-latitude Cyclone
Mid-latitude Cyclone 5
Mid-latitude Cyclone 6 Development of Mid-latitude Cyclone
May 22, 2006 IR map
• Link to water vapor animation at righthttp://www.goes.noaa.gov/WCIR3.html http://www.goes.noaa.gov/GSSLOOPS/wcvs.html
Mature Mid-latitude cyclone—sat photo
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Airflow aloft Mature Mid-latitude Cyclone diagram
Weather Scientist Weather pattern animation
Storms, continued
Earth ScienceChapter 19
Pages 539-554
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/GSSLOOPS/ecwv.html
Cumulus clouds
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Cloud of vertical development Development of cumulonimbus
Lightning frequency US
Lightning storm
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/GSSLOOPS/ecwv.html
Storm mortality chart Tornado features
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Tornado development--roll Tornado development—begins to go vertical with updraft
Tornado development—vertical cyclone Supercell
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/suprcell.htm
Tornado development--summary Tornado—distance photo
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Tornado frequency—US Tornado—close photo
Tornados--Illinois Tornado damage--pole
Tornado damage--town microburst
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microburst
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Dry Microburst
Accessed on Wikipedia, from NWS slideshow on weather spotting
Tropical cyclone:
Hurricane Katrina—satellite image
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina
Cross section of tropical cyclone P3 Orion Hurricane Hunter
Pacific Windflow from satellite Hurricane Ivan from satellite
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Hurricane Frances Hurricane Fran--1996
Path of Katrina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Katrina_2005_track.png
Before Camille Storm Surge--1969
After Camille storm surge—1969 Camille storm surge—side-by-side