ATM OCN (Meteorology) 100
THE THEORY OF WINDS:
PART I - OBSERVATIONS & SCALES of MOTION
Summer 2001
Lecture #13 scheduled for:
12 JUL 2001 (W)
Recommended Readings from Moran and Morgan (1997):
Pages 201; 218-222.
Today's Lecture Objectives:
- To distinguish between scalar and vector quantities.
- To identify the instruments used to measure wind speed and wind direction.
- To rank the various scales of atmospheric motion.
Outline:
A. INTRODUCTION
- What are Winds?
- Importance of Winds
- Human significance
- Meteorological significance
- Naming the winds
B. WIND OBSERVATIONS & ANEMOMETRY
- Requirements
- Historical Wind Observations
- Modern Wind Observations and Techniques
- Modern Wind Instruments
C. SCALES OF ATMOSPHERIC MOTION
- The Importance of Scale
- Scales
- Planetary Scale
- Macro or Synoptic Scale
- Mesoscale Scale - Organized Turbulence
- Microscale - Turbulence
- Scale Interaction
Links to Other References:
- The Forces & Wind module from Weather World 2010 (Univ. of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign).
- Wind Energy Conversion Systems -- A graphical display of the power generated last week by a low-wind speed turbine project near Green Bay.
- For Educational Resources
- Blustery Beginnings - Links to educational information and activities involving wind. (From the Franklin Institute)
- Educational resource unit (K-12) on air pressure from Nebraska Earth Science Education Network (NESEN):
Last revision 5 June 2001 (0220 UTC)
Produced by Edward J. Hopkins, Ph.D.
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706
hopkins@meteor.wisc.edu
URL: aos100/lectures/s0113wind1.html