Meteorology Definition and 29 Threads

Hello, I’m not 100% where to post this but I think it fits best here. I am currently a community college student who is trying to do an honors project for my electronegativity and magnetism course. I am interested in meteorology and know that there are aspects of lightning that are unknown. I...

TL;DR Summary: Need help coming up with ideas to present a current thesis in terms of qualitative and quantitative ideas. Hey! I have a problem. I have picked up on a project for which I am planning on doing my bachelor's thesis on. The guy behind the project is not a physicist, per se, as he...

Intertropical Tropical Zone is the zone where north-east and south-east trade winds converge. This zone usually occurs over (I don’t know if “on” should be here) the equator. In the book The Atmosphere: An Introduction to Meteorology by Lutgens and Tarbuck (13th Edition), Figure 7.9 reads I...

Hi! I would be interested in properly referenced data about the most powerful / energetic lightning bolts on Earth to get a good idea about their maximum possible order of magnitude (maybe depending on location?) Both direct measurements or indirect but well-founded estimates (e.g. satellite...

Summary:: I'm a portuguese citizen, holding a BSc in Meteorology, Oceanography and Geophysics, and I've been applying for job opportunities related to weather forecasting, internationally. I have no experience in it whatsoever, and I would probably require sponsoring. Is it reasonable to...

Hi there, I'm a research scientist having worked in various fields and institutions, I'm now out on my own as an independent contractor. I don't have my computer guy down the hall to ask computer questions to, or the building of experts to quiz when I'm stuck on a problem. I also miss helping...

Hello everyone. Sorry for the mistakes on my English on this post and on the H/W statements (it is translated by me). I have a homework problem on Meterology Physics, about a ship's Apparent Wind , and it is about the a) question and maybe i don't know well the theory to solve this problem. (I...

For those interested but may not have found before, the below site provides a continuously updated animated map of wind pattern throughout the continental US PS I have a serious allergic reaction to a species of tree that grows NW of my location and during their pollination period I use this...

When the parameters of the Lorenz System of differential equations are chosen just right, all solutions are attracted towards a very strange-looking set: an attractor which is neither an equilibrium nor a circle.

https://orig00.deviantart.net/1603/f/2018/163/d/8/great_lakes_earth_map_by_jdailey1991-dce7cbj.jpg Dark brown=mountains. Light brown=uplifts. Black=Igneous provinces still visible today at their original extent with no consideration of erosion. Let us say that, in the future, some scientists...

Good afternoon, I find it hard to understand friction velocity, shear stress, momentum and temperature scale. For a class, we are using MOST dimensionless analysis to find values of intensity for the turbulence. However, I'm struggling with the terms. What exactly is friction velocity u*? My...

Hypothetical question that came up in World Building stack exchange. The question asked for what the longest reasonable day length would be. I thought that a 100 hour day: * Afternoons in what are now hot deserts would be uninhabitable. * Frost traps in more polar climates would be...

Merry Christmas everyone! I have a question and I want some honest answers. So this semester I took Organic Chemistry 1 and Calculus 1. I both passed but with a D, sadly the courses won't transfer to my school I want to attend in the future (waiting for a response from the schools I applied...

A common claim that hurricanes and cyclones have geometrical proportions that resemble a logarithmic golden spiral. Knowing that cyclones and hurricanes rotate because of the well-known Coriolis Effect, is it possible that the Golden Ratio is just a natural manifestation of the Coriolis effect?

The wiki article on the greenhouse effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect) has a top illustration which shows the flow of heat and energy (Watts per meter squared) between outer space, the atmosphere, and Earth's surface. The illustrations shows that of the 519 in the...

Hi, I have a Degree in Pure Physics and I was recruited last year as a cadet hydrographer for a mine. Hydrography is the branch of applied sciences which deals with the measurement and description of the physical features of terrestrial water catchments, as well as with the prediction of their...

My wife got me hang gliding lessons for Christmas, which I'm going to take this summer. In preparation I'd like to learn what I can about atmospheric behavior on scales of a few meters to a few kilometers. I've found small isolated sources with tidbits of information, but nothing with any real...

Homework Statement Could a liquid thermometer register a temperature of -273° C when the air temperature is actually 500° C ? Where would this happen in the atmosphere, and why ? The Attempt at a Solution I have no idea. If someone could just give some possible tips on what it may...

Sometimes, but not always, the wind direction (as given by weather.com for my location) is exactly the opposite of the cloud movement. For example: the wind may be given as NW but the storm clouds are coming out of the SE. Almost always the wind direction given by weather.com is corroborated...

I am interested in a easy-to-read book on global geology and/or climate. The book will be ideal if it has discussions on how geology and climate changes, with detailed graphs (or data), due to seismic activities, external impacts like the solar wind from the Sun, and human-induced...

Hello everybody, I am working on a project for merging the images of multiple meteorology radars covering a large area. I would like to project each of the images onto a spherical surface and merge them. Do you know if there is a piece of software that can help me with that? I can develop in...

Hello, I wasn't sure exactly where to put this thread. Figured this was the most relevant section. Anyway, I wanted to know what exactly do meteorologists mean when they say that a region will receive 5mm or 10mm of rain during the evening. I read this wiki page...

Hi, i am mech undergrad student, currently i am doing my thesis for CFD simulation of wind flow in urban area by using FLUENT. I am trying to apply logarithmic velocity profiles for my inlet boundary condition. My question is that from the formula of logarithmic wind profile, the velocity will...

When I read a report on an UFO siting, I like to read it as reported. It may be a load of old rubbish, or delusion, but it may also be true. At that time, I do not need to apply scientific proofing. Let's take an established science, one that has passed all of the tests, and is an undisputed...

Hello all, I have some questions about the following Environmental Engineering, and Meteorology. What does Environmental Engineers do such as working for a Federal EPA Region? What can someone do with a Meteorology degree (all these degree I am talking about will be BS)? What does a...

I'm trying to apply the Omega Equation to a set of surface data. Can anyone further break down the omega equation into its individual parts and give formula's to solve them. In particular parts like the geostrophic vorticity I've so far managed to find the geostrophic wind and static...

Homework Statement Derive the radiative timescale for an atmosphere: \tau_{E} = \frac{c_{p} p_{0}}{4 g \sigma T^{3}_{E}} Homework Equations As above The Attempt at a Solution I've gathered that the difference between the radiative power of an object, \sigma (T + \Delta T)^{4} And the...

Is there a site with a list of Canada based graduate schools, I want to pursue graduate school not in the US but Canada. Also my GPA is around 3.1 but it is just the start of my junior year and I plan to improve on that to around 3.3 at least, so I hope its still possible for me to go since my...

Hey everyone, I've been wondering what meteorology is about...especially as a career, and in university. I've always wanted to do computer engineering...just cause I like computers, and figured that's the thing to do...but I heard Meteorology does a lot of weather stuff too, is there anyway I...