CDR Robert L. Calhoun, USN
Aviation and Weather
The Turbomentor
The Orion
The Skyhawk
USS Eisenhower
Aircraft and Ships
Desert to Tropics
Suez Canal
Canal Zone, Panama
Andoya, Norway
Thule, Greenland
Hot to ColdHot to Cold
Negev Desert, Israel
Andøya, Norway
Calm and Stormy Seas
Eastern Pacific
North Atlantic
Glaciers and Volcanoes
Mt Aetna, Sicily
Vatnajokull, Iceland
The atmosphere affects you on the ground…
…and in the air
Hazards
http://www.stormchaser.ca/Lightning/Lightning_Archive/Luke%20AFB%20Lightning.html
http://www.mountainflying.com/Photos%20Other/Wave-Knapp.jpg
Atmosphere
Earth-Atmosphere Energy Balance Diagram
http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/atmos/energy_balance.htm
Hydrologic Cycle Diagram
http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/atmos/hydro_cycle.htm
Movement
Seasons
http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/global/global_intro.htm
Circulation
http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/global/circ.htm
More Circulation
How clouds are made
Lifting
http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/synoptic/precip.htm
More Lifting
http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/synoptic/airmass.htm
Cloud Types
Nimbo-form
Cirro-form
Cumulo-form
Strato-form
http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/synoptic/clouds.htm
National Weather Service tools
Radar
Satellite
Graphics
Built by thousands of reporting stations
Winds
Turbulence
What’s a TAF?
• KAUS 071720Z 071818 17014G22KT P6SM SCT025 BKN035 FM2000 16015KT P6SM SCT050 SCT250 FM0600 17011KT P6SM OVC025 FM1100 18009KT 5SM BR OVC009 FM1500 17015G25KT P6SM BKN025
The Code
ObscurationBR Mist (Foggy conditions with visibilities greater than 5/8 statute mile) FG Fog (visibility 5/8 statute mile or less) FU Smoke DU Dust SA Sand HZ Haze PY Spray VA Volcanic Ash
http://whitts.alioth.net/Paged8Reading%20Terminal%20Area%20Forecasts.htm
PrecipitationDZ Drizzle RA Rain SN Snow SG Snow Grains IC Ice Crystals PE Ice Pellets GR Hail GS Small Hail or Snow Pellets (less than 1/4 inch in diameter)
http://flyawaysimulation.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=My_eGallery&file=index&do=showpic&gid=10&pid=4488&orderby=hitsD
Instrument Approach
Quiz
Lajes, Azores
Keflavik, Iceland
Questions?
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