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Topic 2: Intro to the Atmosphere 

Please note: the questions listed are not the only items that you need to know. The questions point out basic information to help understand some topics, some concepts that may not be obvious to all students, and some of the more difficult concepts.

Meteorology and Climatology  

The Atmosphere

Graphs    D2L explanation

• What is a relationship? How does a graph show a relationship? Can you look at a graph and describe the relationship shown on the graph?

• How does a graph show 'rate of change'?

• What is different about the rate of change of a straight line compared to a curved line on a graph?

Density   

• How does the density of the atmosphere vary with height? How does the rate of change of density vary with height?

• Description from UCAR
  Air density and baseball interactive

Pressure

• How are pressure and density of the atmosphere related?

• What units do we use to describe pressure in Meteorology? What units do we use to describe height in Meteorology?

• How does the pressure of the atmosphere vary with height? How does the rate of change of pressure vary with height?

• Description from U. of Illinois
  Applet from NASA

Air Temperature

• How does the temperature of the atmosphere vary with height?

Layers of the Atmosphere

• How do we determine the layers of the atmosphere?

Soundings   

• Can you read a sounding?

Water in the atmosphere

Aerosols