FloodHydrologist 2018-04-06 05:13:55

Starts off simple enough but all of a sudden introduces terms and unlabelled charts with no explanation of what they mean. What is an adiabat? Why is coriolus affected by velocity? Seems like there's a lot of assumed knowledge here. Also, the quiz seems to have questions relating to aspects i can't even recall being talked about. And some broken images. Luckily, i fluked my way through with some good guesses. It would be painful having to listen to the whole lesson again rather than going back for a quick skim-read.

Carnmor 2018-04-04 06:42:57

Good but challenging for a lay person with high school physical geography for several years back!

TheVmo 2018-02-14 20:14:01

The was resented fairly clearly. I struggled with some of the questions and wish they were explicitly stated in the Webcast.

552820 2017-12-08 20:57:27

it was great

pic2 2017-12-08 15:59:59

this is on the job training for me.

McNaughty369 2017-12-06 11:34:37

This is a short but informative lesson, the information is easy to retain.

tgrosgebauer 2017-11-26 13:40:24

duskyfan1 2017-11-09 16:01:09

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nolanpieper 2017-11-03 09:30:11

yay

navinsinghweather 2017-08-03 20:37:06

This lesson was very helpful in explaining flow interaction with topography. I did not understand flow interaction and found it confusing prior to taking this module. It was very helpful.

ap467 2017-07-26 15:20:29

Awesome

wtvisser 2017-07-15 07:39:59

Helps to understand why a weather system builds up in front of a mountain

jakn0258 2017-04-10 10:39:10

very nice

CQuimby 2017-03-14 14:53:00

Course was a useful refresher.

josephw 2017-03-13 20:25:20

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MackenzieA 2017-03-02 14:20:26

SS109Penatrator 2017-01-27 05:03:23

well done

2017-01-20 15:43:24

Good Module, basic but informative

arusse27 2017-01-17 11:44:41

Generally helpful lesson, though I would have preferred that certain terms like "static stability" and "stratification" were defined prior to using.

dossantos 2017-01-11 11:13:24

I think that in video talk very fast, and I'm not native speak. Then I needed read all the slides to do a complete understanding.

song moonho 2016-11-28 04:11:31

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Jim Burrow 2016-11-20 01:34:38

The lesson is good.

yongdam 2016-11-15 06:47:20

This has good info but needs a summary chapter

2016-11-15 06:19:15

good

yjh3044 2016-10-31 18:00:09

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starfox 2016-10-30 23:44:37

This has good info but needs a summary chapter

lbk9125 2016-10-07 23:13:08

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Alma Sombria 2016-05-21 16:53:20

Animations and conceptual information is interesting, but there's a big gap between the very basic and the very technical here--I'd like to see that gap filled or to see the course focus on more conceptual information with less technical terminology.

wbriskey 2015-01-02 11:35:59

Great explanations - just enough science and just the right amount of simplification. Wasn't sure it was over or not because there was no summary and it just stopped at the end of section 9. I guess it left me wanting more.

lhying 2014-08-12 09:23:39

Useful information

rjwrenn1989 2014-04-29 08:37:43

Useful animations.

sjurk 2013-10-24 01:31:24

Clear and concise intro for non-meteorologists

toffa77 2013-04-16 00:54:42

Very clear explanation and useful animation to understand the flow motions.

Terminal Objectives By the end of this module you will be able to do the following: 1. Describe how flow interacts with topography. 2. List the factors that determine the interaction. Enabling Objectives By the end of this module you will be able to do the following: 1. List the factors that determine the interaction of flow with topography. 2. Describe the Froude number in terms of wind speed, wind direction, static stability, and mountain height. 3. Describe flow interactions with a long, straight mountain ridge for high-Froude-number and low-Froude-number flows. 4. Recall how flow responds to a single, tall mountain. 5. List the factors that determine the upstream distance that flow will be affected by topography.

Froude number, Rossby radius, upslope, adiabatic cooling, potential energy, kinetic energy, barrier jet, ageostrophic