Instructional PowerPoints:

• Air Masses And Fronts
• Air mass
• Air motion
• Air stability
• Pressure systems and fronts

• Basic Meteorological Concepts 1
• Climate vs. Weather
• Atmospheric pressure
• Air temperature
• Conduction and convection
• Greenhouse effect
• Seasons and solar angles
• Temperature and density

• Basic Meteorological Concepts 2
• Humidity
• Temperature and water vapor
• Dew point
• Aspect, elevation, vegetation, and temperature
• Wind

• Climate
• Climatic scales
• Mesoclimate – Flagstaff
• Global climate – heat, temperature, precipitation
• Biomes

• Clouds and Thunderstorms, Part 1
• Air stability
• Formation of clouds
• Types of clouds

• Clouds and Thunderstorms, Part 2
• Stages of thunderstorm growth
• Lightning
• Thunder
• Hail
• Tornadoes

• Clouds
• Cloud identification
• Cloud cover

• Controls on Dune Formation
• Distribution of sand dunes
• Factors that control dune formation
• Drift potential
• Gold Spring Geomet site

• Desertification
• Drought and desertification
• Salinization
• Soil erosion

• Drought and Flash Floods
• Drought
• Paleoclimatology
• Tree rings
• Flash flooding
• Rainbows

• Dust Storms
• Fine soils
• Dust entrainment
• Dust storms around the world

• Evolution of the Atmosphere
• Composition of atmosphere
• Atmospheric moisture
• “Sphere” links
• Evolution of atmosphere
• Feedback loops

• Extreme Weather
• Extreme cold
• Extreme heat
• Extreme precipitation (rain, snow, ice)
• Hurricanes and tropical storms
• Extreme dust storms
• Extreme thunderstorms
• Lightning
• Hail
• Damaging winds
• Tornadoes

• Forecasting and Weather
• National Weather Service
• Atmosphere
• Tools used in forecasting
• Satellite imagery
• Radar imagery
• Forecasting process
• Forecast funnel
• National Weather Service

• Fronts and Their Potential Effects
• Air mass
• Air stability
• Pressure systems and fronts
• High and low pressure systems
• Fronts (cold and warm)

• Global Warming
• Global warming, gases, and temperature
• Long-term context
• Sea surface & diurnal temperature changes
• Upper air vs. Surface data
• Glacial retreat
• Projections
• Emission changes CO₂

• Mesonet Weather Station
• Common problems and solutions

• Precipitation
• Condensation vs. Precipitation
• Cloud droplets as precipitation - collision and coalescence
• Cloud droplets as precipitation – ice crystal process
• Vapor pressure
• Cloud droplets as precipitation – accretion and aggregation
• Types of precipitation

• The North American Monsoon and Winter Storms in Arizona
• Topography
• Seasonal precipitation
• The North American monsoon
• Rainfall characteristics
• Sources of moisture
• Winter weather
• Formation of winter storms
• Jet stream
• Average snowfall

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