Title: Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate and the Environment
ISBN: 978-0357452073 Hardcover
Authors: Ahrens, C. Donald & Robert Henson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Publication Date: 2022
Edition: 13th
Format: Textbook
questions:
(1)Describe the general trends in pressure and temperature data collected as a radiosonde attached to a weather balloon rises through the troposphere. Support your answer by synthesizing and applying concepts explored in Module 1 regarding the vertical structure of the atmosphere.
(2)Synthesize and apply concepts explored in Module 1 to explain how you could determine the approximate locations of surface high and low-pressure systems by viewing a weather satellite image of cloud cover over the United States.
(3)You are a member of an airport development firm who has been contracted to build two new regional airports one in a valley nestled in high mountains and one near an ocean coastline. Synthesize and apply concepts explored in Module 1 to explain why your firm should consult a climate expert in the planning process.
(4)Synthesize and apply concepts explored in Module 1 regarding the vertical structure of the atmosphere to explain the need for commercial aircraft cabin air pressurization.