MCbliss 2019-07-25 17:57:47

The format of this lesson was trash. I viewed this lesson from Microsoft edge, Chrome, and Firefox. Despite the browser used, the text was small and confined to the top of the page, slide advancement was cumbersome and out of date, animations would not load (or play for that matter), graphics were also small and did not utilize space properly. There was not even an option to zoom the images by clicking. The background and text color is not viewer friendly (under different light intensities and directness). Also I felt that the climatology was not useful as it was too broad, which could have been fine, if after there was some climatology for specific cities along the west coast of the U.S. Also, the text did not always flow in a coherent manor and was not always precise. The text could have been reworded to be more straight forward and the paragraph structure more organized.

ajpenning 2018-06-12 10:24:53

several of the animations weren't there.

morantrevort 2017-10-29 18:47:29

The graphics do not work properly.

djrusk58@gmail.com 2017-10-01 12:33:16

Lots of good maps, and satellite images. Other authors wouldve included pages of radiation theory to show how the top of the fog layer reacted to radiational cooling, and then asked questions about the minutiae. You resisted that. Good!

Culver 2017-06-06 21:32:00

Contradictory sentence structures and every other picture did load

hgorman1 2017-03-13 13:41:14

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The goal of this training module is to help you increase your understanding of how radiation fog forms, grows, and dissipates. Such understanding, in turn, can help you more efficiently and accurately evaluate the ability of a given atmospheric environment to generate and/or maintain radiation fog. Performance Objectives With Regard to Climatology Basic Level Competencies: • Identify coastal regions worldwide where (west coast-type) fogs occur • For each region, state the seasons of highest and lowest frequency With Regard to the Preconditioning Environment: Basic Level Competencies: • Identify typical synoptic-scale patterns associated with preconditioning processes that prepare the coastal environment for fog formation • List low-level and sea surface conditions that are typically present prior to onset of the fog formation cycle Advanced Level Competencies: • Sequence key processes and events that occur during the preconditioning phase • Demonstrate an understanding of how/why the surface inversion forms as a result of hot dry offshore winds • Describe* how/why/where coastal upwelling occurs With Regard to Formation: Basic Level Competencies: • Identify typical synoptic-scale pattern transitions associated with the formation phase • Identify the key processes and events that occur during fog formation. Advanced Level Competencies: • Apply rules that describe the relationships between SST, inversion base, LCL, MCL, etc. With Regard to Growth and Maturity: Basic Level Competencies: Describe the continued deepening and horizontal growth of the fog • State the typical maximum height that the inversion can reach with cloud still extending to the surface • Describe diurnal cycles (including stratus raising/lowering) Advanced Level Competencies: • Demonstrate an understanding of the roles that coastal surges can play With Regard to Fog Dissipation and/or Stratus formation: Basic Level Competencies: • List processes that can result in fog dissipation (advection over land, warmer water, synoptic systems, solar radiation, the start of a new cycle) • Identify typical synoptic-scale patterns that can destroy fog regimes in MBL • Sequence the major events that comprise the ~15-day warm season fog cycle in this region Advanced Level Competencies: • Describe how the fog erodes upward to form the marine stratus regime that was present prior to fog formation • State general rule regarding relationship between sun angle and fog dissipation through insolation • Demonstrate an understanding of how/why dissipation occurs when the MCL reaches the base of the inversion

west coast fog, fog, fog frequency, coastal fog, fog phases, fog life cycle, fog seasonal variation, air-sea temperature difference, haze, fog advection, fog dissipation, fog disruption