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What is “synoptic scale”?
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• Atmospheric phenomenon that is between 500 to 2000 km in diameter and it lasts appx 1 day to 1 week
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radiosonde
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small package of electronic instruments that measure pressure, altitude, wind speed. And humidity
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rawinsonde
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small package of electronic instruments that measure pressure, altitude, wind speed, humidity, and wind direction. It is tracked by radar
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Doppler Radars
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Can measure precipitation moving to and from the radar location
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wind profiling
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A type of doppler radar that is used to get a vertical profile of the wind
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Polar orbits
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Good for research
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Geostationary orbits
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Good for weather obs.
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Cyclones
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Areas of low pressure
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Antilcyclones
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Areas of high pressure
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Lowest Pressure
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870
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Highest Pressure
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1084
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Horizontal Pressure Gradient
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Change is pressure over a horizontal distance. The larger the pressure gradient, the stronger the wind.
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