Meteorology

filled with many different types of tourist attractions. If one was interested in a very mountainous peninsula with extremely beautiful beaches, then Greece is the perfect place! The unique way Greece has been formed is because of how geology, meteorology, and oceanography have shaped the country. Geology in Greece Despite the small surface area, Greece is filled with a rich and diverse natural environment. The country has many abundant natural landforms such as thousands of sea coasts,…

Abstract: The purpose of this lab was to show the different absorption and emission rates of three different substances. Radiation laws, albedo, and specific heat are all reasons why this is achievable. An agreed upon hypothesis is that the sand will absorb the most heat due to the number of molecules, the moss will absorb the second most because it doesn't have as many molecules as sand, but it has more than water, which isn’t as complex. To complete this experiment, you need three beakers of…

Francois Arago’s “Report to the Chamber of Deputies” is a report presented about a proposed bill, granting M. Daguerre and to the son of M. Niepce life pension granting them a national reward due to their invention, which could not be protected by ordinary patent laws. He discusses the invention by the two men: the Daguerreotype. It is a machine that reproduces images received in the camera obscura onto copper plates. He noted that Daguerre should be well credited for the effort, time and money…

Background The background of Autism, how did it all begin? Before Autism was named, our ancestors did not know what it was, but they label it as being mentally retarded.” Eugene Bleuler a Swiss psychiatrist, was the first to use the term in 1911, refer to one in the group symptoms of schizophrenia” (www.webmd.com). It was until the 1940’s when doctors started using the word autism because they found that it was an emotional and social issue. Many thought the person was just insane. One of…

fictional occurrence of large schools of sharks being gathered by sea-forming tornadoes, known as waterspouts. When these phenomena move over land, the sharks wreak havoc among the population. While it seems absurd, research from the Dakota Bureau of Meteorology and the Minnesota University, suggests that sharknadoes could happen. Fish out of Water The scientific phenomenon of flightless animals being carried and dropped by tornadoes is rare but certainly not fiction, and can be found in Roman…

An Occluded Front is a cold front that overtakes a warm front and the two fronts combine into one front. The chapter also explains how when it appears on a surface weather map that it is defined by a purple line that has alternating cold-front triangles and warm-front half circles, of which both figures run in the direction of the way the front is moving. There are two types of occluded fronts, the first is called a Cold Occlusion with the second being a Warm Occlusion. A cold occlusion is a…

sub-catchments of the Murray-Darling Basin include extreme flood and drought conditions. These two hydrological events may occur within the Basin as a result to inceased dry and wetland conditions caused by future climate changes (CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology 2011). As demonstrated in the graph, if these hydrological conditions where to occur to the basin an increase in surface water avaliability will become present due to increased ocean water temperatures and the occurance of La Nina…

For ten years I have possessed a constant desire to become a meteorologist; I want most of all to make a difference, a saying uttered often but so infrequently accomplished. Meteorologists hold such a significant job—they provide warnings for severe and extreme conditions and help ordinary civilians decide which day to do this or that—and are not accredited for their efforts because oftentimes they are marginally incorrect and are blamed for the slight inconveniences in the days of countless…

Inventor of the barometer, as well as an Italian mathematician and physicist, Evangelista Torricelli was a great scientist in the times of the Renaissance. At a young age, Torricelli lost his father. He went to study with a Camaldolese monk and also his uncle, Benedetto Castelli. It was there when he was taught mathematics, mechanics, hydraulics, and astronomy. In return of all the gifts he received, Torricelli became Castelli’s assistant. Torricelli became increasingly more interested in…

To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is the beginning. Aviation is a big world of majors such as aeronautical science, meteorology, and air traffic management. College of aviation at Embry-riddle aeronautical university is one of the best in the aviation education industry. Recently, ERAU staff has uploaded an introductory video about the college of aviation. That video provides many facts and information about the school. In addition, the tape offered shows…