MET ATPL Summary Flashcards
How much (%) is water vapour in atmosphere?
0-5% (Highest level down low in areas of high temperatures).
C02 absorbs ____ radiation from the earth
long wave
What plays a major role in absorbing harmful ultra violet radiation from the sun?
The ozone
Það er talað um að eitt hp sé 27ft per 1000 ft. En í 18,000 ft, hvað er eitt hp þar?
48ft
Á hvaða “hæddarbili” liggur ozone layer?
18-30 km
Troposphere - stratosphere - ___phere - ___phere.
mesos, thermos
How much of the atmosphere’s weight (%) lies below the tropopause?
75%
Hvað er hitastigið við tropopause við
a) poles
b) mid latitude
c) equator
Poles = -45°C
Mid latitude = -55°C
Equator = -75°C
Hvað er þetta? “station pressure adjusted down to MSL using actual station temperature. “
QFF
1 cal = _ gram of water heated 1 k (specific heat)
1
Wet bulb temperature tells you what, and where does it lie?
Roughly how moist the air is. Lies between dew point and OAT.
for the same isobar spacing, wind speeds are lower/higher near the equator.
higher
inside 15° lat., the geostrophic wind scale does not work, so tropical winds are calculated, not measured.
these winds are called _____ winds.
cyclostrophic
Hversu hátt er “laminar boundary layer” og “turbulent boundary layer”?
Laminar boundary layer = 1,000 - 1,500 ft
Turbulent boundary layer = 2,000 ft.
lines that join places with equal rate of change of pressure = ___bars
isallobars
The effect that acknowledges that air flows into a low and out of a high across the isobars is called the ___ effect
isallobaric effect
turbulence light=__G
moderate=0,5-1G
severe=>1G
light: undir 0,5G
moderate: 0,5-1G
severe yfir 1G
hvað gilda high level significant weather charts lengi?
3 hours before and after valid
Hvað gildir SIGMET lengi?
4 hours
ICAO er með 3 weather domains sem eru..
LL (low level): FL100-FL250
ML (Medium level): FL250-450
HL (High level): FL450-600
The ITCZ is between __NM and __NM wide.
30nm - 300nm
Ef að cold front/cold occlusion hreyfist á hraðanum “1” hver er þá hraðinn á warm front/warm occlusion?
2/3 af þeim hraða (67%).
Möo þá hreyfist warm front hægar.
Í hvaða hitastigi hættir icing?
0°C og - 45°C
The visibility transmitted in METAR is the greatest value which is reached within at least half the ___ ___of the aerodrome
horizon circle
Hvaða vindar eru í geostrophic wind?
PGF + Coreolis force
Hvaða vindar eru í gradient wind?
PGF + Coreolis force + Centrifugal force
Hversu langt upp (í flight level) getur “hail” náð í CB cloud?
FL450
Hvað kind of clouds would you have in a warm front occlusion?
low stratus
A sea breeze would happen because of ____ in pressure for a given upper level due to surface heating by day.
increase
Hver er formúlan sem þú notar til að finna DP?
Cloud base = (temp - dp) * 400