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ATSC 210 EXAM 1 OBJECTIVES EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. RATED A+ Distinguish between Atmospheric Sciences, meteorology, and climatology. ATSC: Disciplines devoted to description & understanding of phenomena in the atmospheres of Earth and other planets. ATSC has 2 disciplines: meteorology (study of atmospheric phenomena & their time dependent behavior), & climatology (study of long term statistical properties of the atmosphere). Identify the 2 sub-disciplines of meteorology Meteor...

Be able to identify the definition of kinematics - Answers-A description of the motion of a particular field without regard to how it came about or how it will evolve Be able to list the four kinematic components of a wind vector field - Answers-- Translation - Vorticity - Divergence - Deformation What is translation? - Answers-The motion of the air. Straight flow (No change in area, shape or orientation). Units are in velocity Be able to state the translational components of the win...

Be able to state the definition of the thermal wind correct answersAn imaginary wind that relates the temperature gradient in a layer to the vertical shear. Be able to state the relationship between the horizontal temperature gradient and vertical wind shear correct answersVercial shear of the horizontal wind in a layer is proportional to the horizontal temperature gradient. Be able to determine the thermal wind vector given two wind vectors correct answersVector difference in wind is prop...

Thermal wind is the ____ difference between two winds at different levels in the atmosphere - Answers-vector How does the thermal wind related to the horizontal temperature gradient in a layer? - Answers-The thermal wind is parallel to the average temperature gradient How would the vertical shear in a layer change if the average horizontal temperature gradient increased (or strengthened)? - Answers-The shear would increase Ageostrophic wind is non-divergent (T/F) - Answers-False Why ...

ATSC 210 Exam 1 Objectives

What document is the Garrison formed under? - correct answer TDA The 101st Airborne is an example of what type of organization? - correct answer NOT TDE, NOT TDA Which organization has consolidated the different ways of running an installation used by each ACOM into one agency? - correct answer NOT BRAC, NOT ACSIM What year was the IMA (now IMCOM) ...

ATSC 210 Block 1 Exam Study Guide with Verified Solutions Atmospheric Sciences - Answer-Disciplines devoted to description & understanding of phenomenon in the atmospheres of Earth and other planets Climatology - Answer-Study of the long-term statistical properties of the atmosphere Meteorology - Answer-Study of atmospheric phenomena and their time dependent behavior Subdisciplines of Meteorology - Answer-Physical Meteorology Dynamic Meteorology Synoptic Meteorology Synoptic Meteorolog...