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Order of Magnitude Reasoning   quick approx answer to a problem.  
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Scale analysis   how big are the terms in an equation? want to throw out the unimportant terms -estimating typical order of magnitude of terms in governing equations  
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Newtons 2nd Law   F=Ma can use because earth's atmosphere has mass  
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contiuum mechanics   object is a tiny infintesimal chunk of fluid(liquid or gas) or an elastic solid -dynamics os branch of this  
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What 2 forces act on blobs of air?   body forces and surface forces  
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body force   force on an object is proportinal to mass of object. Force due to action at a distance ex: gravity  
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surface force   forces on an object is porportional to surface area of object. force due to contact of object with surroundings. force exerted on surface of fluid element by outside fluid ex: pressure force, friction  
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Pressure Gradient Force   considering the net pressure forece acting on a blob of air force is proportional to gradient of p -acts in opposite direction of grad p  
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Gravitational Force   applies to 2 forces w mass M and m.  
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Viscous force   Friction force -force due to molecular friction  
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inertial reference frames   non accelerating frames -stationary or moves at constant velocity F=Ma is with real forces(only true for intertial reference frames)  
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non-inertial reference frame   speeds up or rotates -it accelerates -we use this one because fixed point on earth(earth rotates)  
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F=ma can be modified to use for non-inertial frame. Introduce what 2 apparent forces?   apparent force=due to acceleration of the reference frame -centrifugal and Coriolis force  
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geopotential?   work pum required to lift a mass from earth's surface to a height z  
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latitude   rotation east and west for spherical coords  
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meridian   rotation north and south for spherical coords  
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Exact way, almost exact way, quick-n-dirty way are used to find what?   distances due to coriolis force. hockey puck  
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if atmosphere is at rest then...   coriolis force=0 friction=0 acceleration=0 p isnt a function of x or y so have hydrostatic equation  
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density is bigger for ___ air   colder  
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relation between definite integral and average   average=have a dependent variable, independent variable and interval of independent variable.  
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independent variable   time or space  
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dependent variable   temp, pressure, u or v  
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hypsometric equation   transform hydrostatic equation to treat z as dependent variable and p as independent variable  
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thickness is proportional to ___ in a layer   temperature  
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when to use isobaric coords?   when hydrostatic approx is available -uses pressure as the vertical coord(not z)  
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lagrangian   describe how quantities change with time for an air parcel following the motion  
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dependent variables of lagrangian   x(t), y(t), z(t)  
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independent variables of lagrangian   t  
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Eularian   describe how quantities change with time at a fixed point in space(not following blob)  
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independent variables of eularian   x(t), y(t), z(t), t  
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degrees into radians   multiply degree by 2 pi/360  
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typical radius for low pressure system   1000 km  
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typical radius for a tornado   100 m  
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typical horizontal length of tornado   100m-1000m  
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typical horizontal length of cumulonimbus   1 km-10 km  
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typical horizontal length of fronts (width)   10 km-100 km  
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typical horizontal length of H or L pressure systems   1000 km  
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starting point for dynamics is ___. translate this law into different equations to understand/predict air morion(weather)   newtons 2nd law  
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F=ma means   sum of forces acting on object=mass of object+acceleration of object  
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a=?   Dv/Dt v= velocity  
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V=?   Dr/Dt r=position vector  
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pgf equation?   F/m=-1/row(grad p)  
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magnitude of grad p is big when   there is close packing of isobars  
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newtons law of gravitation?   Fg=(-GMm/r^2)(r vector/r) Fg= gravitational force on m due to M  
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r vector   directed distance between 2 masses, points from big mass M to little mass m  
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rvector/r   r hat (is of unit length)  
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Fg is ___ proportional to the square of the distance between 2 masses   inversely  
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G   universal gravitational constant 6.67*10^/-11 Nm^2/Kg^2  
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g*   Fg/m gravitational force per unit mass  
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a   6370 km  
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in troposphere, z<__km so r=Z+_=_   15, a,z  
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mass of earth   M=4/3(pi)(a^3)(density of earth)  
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N   kg*m/s^2  
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density of earth   5520 kg/m^3  
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no-slip condition   molecular friction causes fluid to stick to solid objects/boundaries  
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steady state condition   d( )/dt=0 stops changing in time  
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sheearing stress   proportional to vertical derivative of x-comp velocity  
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newtons 3rd law   fluid below box above it exerts equal and opposite force on bottom face  
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real forces   gravitational, pgf, viscous force  
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earth rotates with angular velocity __   omega  
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if rotating, observers in that reference frame are ___ to be subject to a ___ force   perceived, centrifugal  
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gravity force pum   gravitational force pum + centrifugal force pum  
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centrifugal force=   m*omega^2*R(vector)  
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u absolute=   omega*R  
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magnitude of omega=   7.27*10^-5 1/s  
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coriolis force=   m(-2omegaxu)  
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components of coriolis force   Fx=m(2omegavsin(latitude)-2omegawcos(latitude)) Fy=m(-2omegausin(latitude)) Fz=m(2omegaucos(latitude))  
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if puck stays on flat ice   z(t)=constant so w(t)=0  
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horizontal equations of motion(with w=0)   du/dt=2omegavsin(latitude) dv/dt=-2omegausin(latitude)  
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f   2omegasin(latitude)  
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hydrostatic equation is an ___ equation for ___ atmosphere   exact, resting  
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hydrostatic is a good approx for real moving atmosphere except when   vertical accelerations are large (supercell, tornado)  
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integrating hydrostatic shows   at any point in the resting atmosphere, pressure=weight(per unit area) of all air above it  
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p(H)   (e^-1)Po  
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___ on constant z-surface carry same info as height contours on ____   isobars, isobaric surface  
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local derivative of T used for   eularian  
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geosynchronous orbit   hover over the same location on earth -angular velocity of object and eaerth are the same  
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absolute   as observed in an inertial reference frame  
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