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Collected Driving Questions. Edward J. Hopkins. Driving Question – For Chapter 1 DS/OLWS. What are some basic concepts regarding weather?. Driving Question – For Chapter 2 DS/OLWS. What is the composition and structure of the atmosphere?. Driving Question – For Chapter 3 DS/OLWS.
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Collected Driving Questions Edward J. Hopkins
Driving Question – For Chapter 1 DS/OLWS • What are some basic concepts regarding weather?
Driving Question – For Chapter 2 DS/OLWS • What is the composition and structure of the atmosphere?
Driving Question – For Chapter 3 DS/OLWS • How does energy flow into and out of the Earth-atmosphere system?
Driving Question – For Chapter 4 DS/OLWS • What is the consequence of heat transfer in the Earth-atmosphere system?
Driving Question – For Chapter 5 DS/OLWS • What is the significance of horizontal and vertical variations in air pressure?
Driving Question – For Chapter 6 DS/OLWS • How is water cycled between Earth’s surface and atmosphere?
Driving Question – For Chapter 7 DS/OLWS • How clouds and precipitation form?
Driving Question – For Chapter 8 DS/OLWS • What forces control the wind?
Driving Question – For Chapter 9 DS/OLWS • What are the principal features of the planetary-scale atmospheric circulation?
Driving Question – For Chapter 10 DS/OLWS • What weather systems shape the weather of middle latitudes?
Driving Question – For Chapter 11 DS/OLWS • What atmospheric conditions favor the development of severe weather?
Driving Question – For Chapter 12 DS/OLWS • What conditions are required for the development of tropical cyclones?
Practical Problems Lecture 1 • Introduction: • Course Goals
Practical Problems Lecture 2 • Observations of Earth’s Atmosphere: • What constitutes the atmosphere? • What can we learn about the atmosphere? • Why do we want to know about it?
Practical Problems Lecture 3 • Physical & Chemical Composition of the Atmosphere: • What makes Planet Earth special? • How has the atmosphere evolved?
Practical Problems Lecture 4 • Atmospheric Pressure: • The pump problem: Why can’t water be lifted more than 30 ft? • (Does the atmosphere have weight?) • (Why do we want to know air pressure?)
Practical Problems Lecture 5 • Air Temperature: • Why do we want to know air temperature?
Practical Problems Lecture 6 • Energetics: Energy & Energy Transfer • What maintains the operation of our planetary system?
Practical Problems Lecture 7 • Radiation: • What is radiation? • What is significance of radiation?
Practical Problems Lecture 8 • Radiation & Energy Budgets: • What maintains life? • How does Planet Earth maintain a habitable environment? • How does Planet Earth respond to solar heating? • Why does temperature vary spatially? • How do the diurnal and annual temperature cycles develop?
Practical Problems Lecture 9 • Behavior of gases: • How are pressure & temperature related? • Why are lows cloudy and highs fair?