AOS 100 exam 1 and 2
Which of these areas would appear the darkest gray on an infrared satellite image? - Answer-clear skies
over a desert during the day
Which of these areas would appear the brightest white on a visible satellite image? - Answer-severe
thunderstorms over Oklahoma
What does green and blue represent on a radial velocity (Doppler Wind) radar image? - Answer-wind
moving toward the radar
Which of these would make a good ice nuclei at -20 degrees Celsius? - Answer-microbes
If the date and time in UTC is 3 UTC 12 Jun 2014, what is it in Madison? (note: daylight savings time IS
observed) - Answer-10pm 11 Jun 2014
At what level is friction a factor in the speed and direction of the wind? - Answer-at the surface
Where is the temperature coldest in a given location? - Answer-at the tropopause
Refer to the above Stuve for the next two questions. What is labeled by the arrow? - Answer-inversion,
temp increases with height
Qualitatively, what is the humidity at the 400mb level? - Answer-low
, Which of these pressure levels would be best used to see the jet stream? - Answer-200mb
Refer to the above surface model plot for the next two questions. Which direction is the surface wind
coming from? - Answer-east
What is the mean sea level pressure in millibars? - Answer-990.3, add 9 to front and decimal, says 903
on chart
Refer to the above 850mb level model plot for the next two questions. What is the temperature in
degrees Celsius at 850mb? - Answer-11, top left of diagram
What is the dewpoint at 850mb? - Answer-5
In the lower troposphere and assuming warm air, the approximate moist adiabatic lapse rate in degrees
Celsius per kilometer is - Answer-6
16. Refer to the above 850mb map for the next three questions. The thick lines are temperature in
Celsius. The thin lines are height in meters. What is the approximate wind direction at 850 mb over
Madison, WI? - Answer-west
Which state has the warmest temperature at 850mb? - Answer-Michigan
Based on the 850mb temperature in Madison, and given that Madison is 300m above sea level, what is
the warmest surface temperature (in Celsius) that is possible? - Answer-1
Which of these causes of saturation lead you to see your breath on a cold day? - Answer-mixing
If you are in an area of low pressure, the weight of the air above you is __ average - Answer-less than
Which of these areas would appear the darkest gray on an infrared satellite image? - Answer-clear skies
over a desert during the day
Which of these areas would appear the brightest white on a visible satellite image? - Answer-severe
thunderstorms over Oklahoma
What does green and blue represent on a radial velocity (Doppler Wind) radar image? - Answer-wind
moving toward the radar
Which of these would make a good ice nuclei at -20 degrees Celsius? - Answer-microbes
If the date and time in UTC is 3 UTC 12 Jun 2014, what is it in Madison? (note: daylight savings time IS
observed) - Answer-10pm 11 Jun 2014
At what level is friction a factor in the speed and direction of the wind? - Answer-at the surface
Where is the temperature coldest in a given location? - Answer-at the tropopause
Refer to the above Stuve for the next two questions. What is labeled by the arrow? - Answer-inversion,
temp increases with height
Qualitatively, what is the humidity at the 400mb level? - Answer-low
, Which of these pressure levels would be best used to see the jet stream? - Answer-200mb
Refer to the above surface model plot for the next two questions. Which direction is the surface wind
coming from? - Answer-east
What is the mean sea level pressure in millibars? - Answer-990.3, add 9 to front and decimal, says 903
on chart
Refer to the above 850mb level model plot for the next two questions. What is the temperature in
degrees Celsius at 850mb? - Answer-11, top left of diagram
What is the dewpoint at 850mb? - Answer-5
In the lower troposphere and assuming warm air, the approximate moist adiabatic lapse rate in degrees
Celsius per kilometer is - Answer-6
16. Refer to the above 850mb map for the next three questions. The thick lines are temperature in
Celsius. The thin lines are height in meters. What is the approximate wind direction at 850 mb over
Madison, WI? - Answer-west
Which state has the warmest temperature at 850mb? - Answer-Michigan
Based on the 850mb temperature in Madison, and given that Madison is 300m above sea level, what is
the warmest surface temperature (in Celsius) that is possible? - Answer-1
Which of these causes of saturation lead you to see your breath on a cold day? - Answer-mixing
If you are in an area of low pressure, the weight of the air above you is __ average - Answer-less than
