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S-290 Unit 6: Atmospheric Stability

- Languages: English, Spanish
- Publish Date: 2010-03-02
- Skill Level: 0
- Completion Time: 3.00 - 4.00 h
- Includes Audio: yes
- Required Plugins: Flash
- Topics:
  Fire Weather
- Included in Courses:
  S-290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior Course
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S-290 Unit 6: Atmospheric Stability introduces the processes related to stable and unstable atmospheric conditions and explains their impact on fire behavior. This Unit provides detailed information about how fire behavior is affected by stable and unstable atmospheric phenomena such as inversions and thunderstorms. The Unit also explains cloud formation and describes the usage of clouds and other visual indicators to recognize stable and unstable atmospheric conditions. The module is part of the Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior Course "http://www.meted.ucar.edu/dl_courses/S290".

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ringmerrill 2018-10-17 16:13:12

Unit 2 - Cloud Formation: Review Exercises, Question 8 has an error. I selected B, clicked Done, and was told “The correct answer is B…” however answer B was marked with a red X while answer A was highlighted green, as if it is the correct answer.Unit 3 - Stable Atmosphere: Frontal Inversion, Question 2 (*not* from review Exercises) has an error. I selected B, and while the text told me this was correct, as did the green checkmark beside B, answer A was highlighted in green, as if it were also the correct answer.I’m fairly sure question 19 of 26 in the quiz is grammatically incorrect, and misleading. “If a cold front displaces… what will happen to its pressure…?” sounds as if you’re asking us what will change in the cold front, though I believe you’re referring to the air parcel instead.

Dusty 2016-09-22 12:58:18

If given the option try old format before new. Photos necessary for Unit 6 Quiz failed to load on questions 17 and 20 perhaps a third when done in the new suggested format. This could be make or brake in your passing the quiz. Topics here were covered well by comparison to other Met. classes I've encountered outside of Comet. Moving diagrams are not always available in lectures/online courses as they are found here. Concepts are still tricky and require repetition to grasp.. A couple photos don't represent concept well and could cause some confusion, but overall I thought media was better than I've seen elsewhere.

djans 2016-01-04 17:28:09

The information in the chapter quiz asks questions that are not contained in the chapter material making it difficult to succeed. There should be a review of the test and the chapter and add the appropriate material or remove the questions from the test. [Editor's note 2016-01-04: Some users are most likely not viewing the entire lesson. The design of this lesson includes horizontal navigational tabs with access to 4 sections of content. There are also notes on the last frame of each section with directions to continue to the next section. An analysis of quiz results from thousands of users shows no issues with any of the quiz questions. ]

bridgland77 2014-04-28 08:29:23

Awful unit. Quite a bit to comprehened, and then less than half was actually on the quiz. Of the 26 questions, 16 dealt specifically with clouds and inversions, which were not discussed AT ALL in the unit. Took over 2 hours to complete the quiz since i had to get online to learn about these two topics. This unit needs to be altered. [Editors note 2014-04-28: Several reviewers indicate that they were unable to find the information that is covered in the quiz. Though all the topics are accessible as tabs near the top of the page, the navigation at the end of each section did not directly link to the next section to continue. This oversight in functionality has been corrected.]

God's Rebel 2014-01-30 10:36:45

This is a great module and I recommend it to any one wanting to learn more about cloud and inversion formation. It is very easy. As for being longer, 3 to 4 hours to complete, I just took two days to complete it. As for "awhite28"'s review, they just clicked next and not the tabs at the top of the page. They tell you all about thunderstorms and inversions. I do not know why this module has so many bad reviews. It is the best module that I have found on clouds. It is very easy to understand and has all kinds of pictures of what they are talking about while they are talking about it. Please disregard all the bad reviews about this module and take it yourself. Just remember, spread it out over two days and don't forget to click on the tabs at the top of the page. I am training to be a meteorologist and this is the only module I have found so far that describes the clouds so well. It is one of the best modules that I have taken on the whole METED site.

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