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Decks in this class (21)
Ch 1 - The Atmosphere
Composition 1,
Troposphere 2,
Tropopause 3
10
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Ch 2 - Heating Of The Atmosphere
Temperature conversions 1,
Stevenson screen 2,
Conduction 3
31
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Ch 3 - Atmospheric Pressure
Pressure 1,
High pressure system anti cyclones 2,
Low pressure system cyclones and ...
22
cards
Ch 4 - Atmospheric Density
Density 1,
Density decreases with altitude 2,
Optimal performance conditions fo...
4
cards
Ch 5 - Humidity
Water cycle key points 1,
Saturation content 2,
Water vapour pressure 3
11
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Ch 6 - Cloud Formation
Formation of cloud 1,
Formation of fog 2,
Dissipation of clouds or fog 3
24
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Ch 7 - Cloud Classification
Cumulus general characteristics 1,
Stratus general characteristics 2,
Cirrus general characteristics 3
24
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Ch 8 - Precipitation
Precipitation 1,
Bergeon findeisen process 2,
Coalescence process 3
14
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Ch 9 - Turbulence And Windshear
Turbulence 1,
Windshear 2,
Turbulence criteria table 3
22
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Ch 10 - Low Level Wind
Measuring wind 1,
Wind terms in terms of speed 2,
Wind direction 3
22
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Ch 11 - Upper Winds And Jet Streams
Wind speed and heights 1,
Thermal wind 2,
Contour charts and thickness char...
13
cards
Ch 12 - Icing
Supercooled water droplets scwd 1,
Dangers of scwd 2,
Hoar frost 3
16
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Ch 14 - Thunderstorms
Thunderstorm ts defintion 1,
Heat and air mass for a ts 2,
Frontal ts 3
15
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Ch 16 - Visibility
Visibility is reduced by 1,
Fog and mist different because 2,
Radiation fog 3
23
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Ch 21 - Reporting And Forecasting
Icao annex 3 1,
Wmo 2,
Wafs 3
50
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Ch 20 - Climatology
The itcz 1,
Jan global pressure systems 2,
July global pressure systems 3
22
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Ch 17 - Air Masses
Air mass 1,
Source regions 2,
Air mass sources latitudes 3
15
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Ch 22 - Remote Sensing
2 types of weather radar 1,
Greatest return in descending ord...,
Weather radar does not detect 3
7
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Ch 18 - Fronts And Frontal Depressions
Frontogenesis 1,
Frontolysis 2,
Front 3
21
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Ch 19 - Tropical Revloving Storms
Factors that a trs needs to form 1,
The role of the equatorial low pr...,
Easterly waves july 3
19
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Ch 5 - Pressure Systems
Cyclones 1,
Weather associated with cyclones 2,
Orographic lee depressions 3
15
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