ATM OCN (Meteorology) 100

WIND: 
A FUNDAMENTAL WEATHER ELEMENT
PART I - OBSERVATIONS & SCALES of MOTION

Summer 2004

Lecture #13 Scheduled for:

7 JUL 2004 (W)

Recommended Readings from Moran (2002):

pages 169-172; 184-185; 186-188.

Today's Lecture Objectives:

• To distinguish between scalar and vector quantities.
• To identify the instruments used to measure wind speed and wind direction.
• To rank the various scales of atmospheric motion.

Outline:

A. INTRODUCTION

• What are Winds?
• Importance of Winds
• Human significance
• Meteorological significance
• Naming the winds

B. WIND OBSERVATIONS & ANEMOMETRY

• Requirements
• Historical Wind Observations
• Modern Wind Observations and Techniques
• Modern Wind Instruments

C. SCALES OF ATMOSPHERIC MOTION

• The Importance of Scale
• Scales
• Planetary Scale
• Macro or Synoptic Scale
• Mesoscale Scale - Organized Turbulence
• Microscale - Turbulence
• Scale Interaction

Continues as THE THEORY OF WINDS: PART II - FUNDAMENTAL FORCES

Links to Other References:

• The Forces & Wind module from Weather World 2010 (Univ. of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign).
• Wind Energy Conversion Systems
•     American Wind Energy Association
•     A graphical display of the power generated last week by a low-wind speed turbine project near Green Bay.
•   For Educational Resources
• Blustery Beginnings - Links to educational information and activities involving wind. (From the Franklin Institute)
• Educational resource unit (K-12) on air pressure from Nebraska Earth Science Education Network (NESEN):

Latest revision: 21 July 2004 (1200 UTC)

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