Lesson 1
Meteorological Satellite Orbits

Lesson 2
Review of Radiative Transfer

Lesson 3
Visible Image Interpretation

Lesson 4
Infrared Image Interpretation

Lesson 5
Multispectral Image Interpretation

Lesson 6
Fires & Aerosols

Lesson 8
Sounders

Lesson 9
Fog and Stratus

Lesson 10
Thunderstorm

Lesson 11
Energy Budget

Lesson 12
Hurricanes

Lesson 13
Global Circulation

Lesson 14
Synoptic Scale

Lesson 15
Local Circulation

Lesson 16
Satellite Oceanography

Lesson 17
Precipitation

Lesson 14: Assessment: Synoptic Scale

This case study is of a storm that occurred in November 1998. Use the satellite data, along with surface and upper air observations, to:

describe the evolution of the weather system,

locate principal belts of ascending or descending air,

locate upper level trough and ridges,

locate jet stream.

Other questions to consider in your write up:

Why is the cyclone strengthening or weakening?

Why is it changing direction?

Example McIDAS commands to get the surface and raob data:

PTLIST MDS/AOS445 FORM=FILE 1 800

SFCPLOT X X (TIME OF SAT IMAGE DISPLAYED) 98315 DAT=MDS/AOS445.706

DATLIST 98314