Terminal Objectives
By the end of this module you should be able to do the following:
1. Identify and classify mesoscale weather phenomena
2. Identify the NWP model characteristics required to forecast different mesoscale weather phenomena.
Enabling Objectives
By the end of this module you will be able to do the following:
1. Recall the horizontal and time scales of mesoscale-alpha, mesoscale-beta, and mesoscale-gamma weather phenomena.
2. Given a list of weather phenomena, correctly classify them as either mesoscale-alpha, mesoscale -beta, or mesoscale -gamma
3. Describe hydrostatic balance.
4. Recall why non-hydrostatic processes are so important to mesoscale meteorology?
5. Recall the relationship between mesoscale and synoptic scale NWP models.
6. Describe the relationship between grid spacing and model resolution for NWP models.
7. Correctly estimate the NWP model resolution required to accurately simulate several mesoscale weather phenomena, including topographically forced weather, development of fog and low stratus, and development of convective storms.
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