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ATOC 4720: class 6: Winds and precipitation. 1. Winds Scales of motions Longitudinally averaged zonal winds Tropospheric winds at different latitudes 2. Precipitation. Class 5: The temperature distribution and its measurement. Sharp drop In water. 80% mass All water (homo or heter?).
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ATOC 4720: class 6: Winds and precipitation • 1. Winds • Scales of motions • Longitudinally averaged zonal winds • Tropospheric winds at different latitudes • 2. Precipitation
Class 5: The temperature distribution and its measurement Sharp drop In water 80% mass All water (homo or heter?)
1. Winds in the earth’s atmosphere • Spatial scales of motion: • (1) Planetary-scale; • (2) Synoptic-scale (~a few hundreds of km); • (3) Meso-scale (a few tens of KM~hundreds km); • (4) Small-scale (< a few 10km).