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MikeStys 2018-11-08 14:12:03

The material was interesting, albeit somewhat disjointedly presented. For example, trying to related the circulations in an early section with work done on vertical motions in later sections with graduate students. More importantly, I really wish the quiz was more pertinent to the material covered - for example, when was cyclogenesis discussed ? what about vertical motion far away from the jet streak, on the other side of the trough axis ? It seemed like roughly half the quiz was not pertinent to the lecture material. BTW I have passed, usually with high scores, a number of quizzes in the MetEd series - hopefully this one was an anomaly.

estrob1 2018-03-02 08:17:17

This lesson is designed for someone who has at least a comfortable background in non-geostrophic dynamics, concepts of large-scale circulation patterns, and how various advective and indirect/direct processes contribute to the aforementioned. I found the lesson quite refreshing

zacharie.sunman 2018-02-26 19:41:04

Lecture content is not directly related to the quiz.

damien 2017-09-18 13:40:24

Nice lesson, but maybe not easy for everybody.

highteeld 2017-07-15 11:00:11

some of the diagrams could have been labeled better

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• Define "jetstreak"
• Note the divergence associated with upper-level waves
• Describe the relationship of divergence with vertical windshear
• Describe the relationship of the ageostrophic wind components with upper-level and low-level jets
• Compare the direct thermal circulation in the entrance region with the indirect thermal circulation in the exit region of an upper-level jet
• Identify how the curvature of an upper-level jet affects divergence and convergence
• Describe the impact thermal advection has on vertical motion and entrance and exit circulations
• Gain an understanding of the characteristics of unbalanced jets and coupled jets

jet streaks, jet streams, divergence, convergence, ageostrophic winds, entrance region dynamics, exit region dynamics

November 2019 - The lesson was updated to current internet standards (mp4/html5), with no changes to content.