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| Explain the term pressure gradient. |
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| Explain Coriolis force and its apparent effect on wind. |
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| Explain and identify gradient winds with respect to isobars around low and high pressure systems in the Northern Hemisphere. |
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| Define Buys Ballot's Law. |
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| Explain and identify the surface wind direction with respect to the gradient winds in a high and low-pressure system in the Northern Hemisphere. |
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| Describe sea breezes and land breezes. |
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| Describe valley and mountain wind. |
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| Define saturation, dew point temperature, dew point depression, and relative humidity. |
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| State the relationships between saturation, air temperature, dew point temperature, and dew point depression necessary for the formation of clouds, fog, and precipitation. |
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| Describe the three characteristics of precipitation. |
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| Describe the three characteristics of precipitation. |
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| Identify the four principal cloud groups. |
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| Identify the weather conditions associated with various clouds and types of precipitation. |
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| Describe atmospheric stability, instability, and neutral stability. |
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| Describe the four types of lifting. |
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| Identify the flight conditions associated with a stable and unstable atmosphere including cloud type, turbulence, precipitation, visibility, winds, and icing. |
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