Exercise 6 - Surface maps


Choose a weather map from one of the days below. All the maps are of 00:00 UTC. They are all of around 16 March 2000.

Describe the weather in general terms.

 
 
Weather map of 14 March 2000
 
Weather map of 14 March 2000
 
 
 
Weather map of 15 March 2000
 
Weather map of 15 March 2000
 
 
 
Weather map of 16 March 2000
 
Weather map of 16 March 2000
 
 
 
Weather map of 17 March 2000
 
Weather map of 17 March 2000
 
 
 
Weather map of 18 March 2000
 
Weather map of 18 March 2000
 
 
 
Weather map of 19 March 2000
 
Weather map of 19 March 2000
 
 
 
 
Last update: 17 April 2013


Foehn

 •  Introduction (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Weather_EN/SEMX5TJTYRF_0.html)
 •  Background (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Weather_EN/SEMA6TJTYRF_0.html)

Exercises

 •  Introduction (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Weather_EN/SEMS6TJTYRF_0.html)
 •  Photos from the plane (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Weather_EN/SEMI7TJTYRF_0.html)
 •  Meteosat images (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Weather_EN/SEMG8TJTYRF_0.html)
 •  NOAA images (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Weather_EN/SEMS8TJTYRF_0.html)
 •  Cloud film (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Weather_EN/SEME9TJTYRF_0.html)
 •  Jet Stream (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Weather_EN/SEMQATJTYRF_0.html)
 •  Interview with co-pilot (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Weather_EN/SEMCBTJTYRF_0.html)
 •  Simulation of the
Foehn situation
(http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Weather_EN/SEMYBTJTYRF_0.html)
 •  Find other examples (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Weather_EN/SEMLCTJTYRF_0.html)

Links

 •  Satellite images from Sarepta (http://www.sarepta.org/index.php)
 •  METEOSAT images from EUMETSAT (http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/IPPS/html/MSG/IMAGERY/IR039/BW/index.htm)
 •  Surface maps (http://www.wetterzentrale.de/)
 •  Internet Weather source (http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/ccworld.html)
 •  NOAA (http://www.noaa.gov/)
 •  European weather charts (http://www.meteo.uni-koeln.de/meteo.php?show=En_We_We)
 •  Jet Stream (http://meteorology.lyndonstate.edu/data/web/upperair/jet/globjet.gif)
 •  Forecast Charts for the Jet Stream (http://www.ecmwf.int/products/forecasts/d/charts)

Videos

 •  Cloud video (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/eduspace/FohnFilm.avi)
 •  Lakes of Albani and Nemi video (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/eduspace/Nemi.avi)
 •  Plains of Po river valley and foothills of the Alps video (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/eduspace/Alperne.avi)
 •  Cloud cover south of Hanover, Germany video (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/eduspace/Hannover.avi)
 •  Development of weather systems animation (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/eduspace/500Hpa.avi)
 •  Interview with co-pilot (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/eduspace/Fohn_26.avi)
 •  Mathematical simulation of foehn
situation, 15-16 March 2000
(http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/eduspace/foehn_simul_000316_grid1.avi)

Eduspace - Download

 •  LEOWorks 3 (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/LEOWorks3.exe)