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01. The Atmosphere
The composition of the atmosphere...,
Which 3 gases play the most signi...,
Water vapour makes up at most on ...
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02. Altimetry
The reading of a station pressure...,
The station pressure adjusted dow...,
Above a set altitude call the tra...
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03. Temperature
The amount the temperature of an ...,
What is the unit of reference for...,
Land heats and cools more quickly...
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04. Moisture and Convection
Water will continue to evaporate ...,
The saturation vapour pressure de...,
Svp is slightly more or less over...
65
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05. Triggers and Inversions
Air mass is forced up over rising...,
Air is heated in the lower layers...,
Where 2 air masses meet at the fr...
54
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06. Geostrophic and Gradient Winds
Wind is the horizontal or vertica...,
What is the name of the wind gaug...,
Wind direction is measured to or ...
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07. Topographic Effects and Sea Breezes
Within the boundary layer at the ...,
How will the roughness of a surfa...,
What are the 2 classes by which t...
46
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08. High Level Winds
What is one of the main contribut...,
1 if the air mass temperature is ...,
High level wind is made up of wha...
51
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09. Cloud Types Part 1
Clouds forming in stable air are ...,
Clouds forming in unstable air ar...,
Layered clouds are given the name...
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10. Cloud Types Part 2
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11. Precipitation, Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
The type of precipitation depends...,
Fairly uniform precipitation of v...,
Drizzle where the temperature of ...
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12. Turbulence
A sharp change in wind speed or d...,
A significant sharp change in win...,
Encountered when climbing or desc...
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13. Microbursts and Standing Waves
An extreme form of windshear gene...,
Downdrafts generated by the slu o...,
Refer to the following diagram 3
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14. Icing
In order for icing to occur it mu...,
If there is no nuclei for water c...,
1 when supercooled water drops hi...
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15. Visibility
Poor visibility is a hazard but i...,
Apart from the obvious difficulty...,
What are the 2 icao terms given t...
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16. Pressure Systems
1 the level of mean non divergenc...,
The barostatic level can be as lo...,
1 high pressure systems are calle...
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17. Air Mass Weather
Sources of air masses are big or ...,
Defintions of air masses 2,
Refer to the following diagram co...
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18. Polar Front Depression Part 1
What is the name latitudes and ai...,
1 the pressure system along the i...,
On the surface of the earth winds...
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19. Polar Front Depression Part 2
Refer to the following diagram nu...,
1 the slope ratio of a warm front...,
In the continuous moderate rain j...
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20. Global Weather - Patterns and Temperatures
The pattern of global temperature...,
In january the itzc is likely to ...,
Tropical surface winds will blow ...
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21. Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ
Thermal energy is redistributed o...,
What is the name of the 3 cells t...,
The majorit of the atmospheric mo...
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22. Tropical Resolving Storms
Tropical revolving storms trs are...,
Trs take their energy from 2,
Tropical revolving storms trs wil...
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23. Upper Winds, Monsoons and Climate Classification
It is generally true in relation ...,
In january the nh polar front jet...,
In january the nh polar front jet...
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24. SIGMETS and AIRMETS
Identify the following as being e...,
What will a forecast have that a ...,
Annex 3 to the icao agreement set...
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25. METAR, TAF, SPECI and SNOWTAM
Metars are compiled at what 2 int...,
Metars are compiled typically hou...,
On a metar when prevailing visibi...
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26. Charts
What type of chart will includ pl...,
Synoptic charts provide plot poin...,
Mean sea level pressure mslp char...
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EXAM REVISION
The formula for working out densi...,
An aircraft is at fl100 and the o...,
The formula for working out press...
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