You are REQUIRED to post a thorough summary with the following two components:
(6pnts)Provide detailed answers to Q7 -11 in the Module 1 Study Guide Question List (download the word document and provide answers under each question) Download Module 1 Study Guide Question List (download the word document and provide answers under each question)to summarize what you have learned this week.
- Briefly describe how the air temperature changes from Earth’s surface to the lower thermosphere.
- On the basis of temperature, list the layers of the atmosphere from the lowest layer to the highest.
- Which thermal layer in the atmosphere contains all the weather events and why?
- Which layer is Ozone layer located? What is ozone depletion?
- What is the difference between weather and climate? What are the seven elements of weather?
Note: This week we focus on the next three pullet points the "Outline" slide in the lecture presentation, and you just need to answer Question 7 - 11 in the study question list. Download Question 7 - 11 in the study question list. Please use the lecture presentation, the videos on the Study Guide page, and your textbooks (free pdf version can be downloaded here) to find the answers.
PART 2
(2pnts) A very important concept learned in this week is the Weather Station Model. Please refer to this sample station plotLinks to an external site. , station model keysLinks to an external site., and lecture presentation, draw a station model for a city (could be a real or a hypothetical city) and interpret it by filling out the following items.
sky cover: %
wind direction: _ (use directions)
wind speed: ____knots temperature: _____ F
dew point temperature _____F weather: _______
air pressure: ______________mb
air pressure changing trend in the past 3 hours _________mb
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