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The purpose of these applets, animations and activities is to help you better understand concepts presented in the book. The following is a list of applets and activities that can be used to help learn material in a given chapter of the book: Meteorology: Understanding the atmosphere by Ackerman and Knox Published by.
The applets have been developed by Tom Whittaker and Steve Ackerman. Tom has also developed the QuizImage applet and the animation applets, both of which are available over the internet.
Chapter 1: Introduction
 | Translating the Surface Model |
| Learning to Contour |
| Correcting Surface Pressure |
| Animation of the eruption of Mount St. Helens |
| Animation of smoke plume from fires in Mexico |
Chapter 2: Energy Cycle
Chapter 3: Temperature
| Compute wind chill temperature |
| Forecasting Frost |
| Temperature Conversions: from Chapter 2 |
| Introduction to "Greenhouse Warming": If you have not done this activity in Chapter 2, you might want to visit this link now. |
Chapter 4: Water in the Atmosphere
| Exploring Humidity |
| Cloud Base Altitude |
| Growing a Snowflake |
| Precipitation Type |
| Animation of global cloud cover |
| Table of hydrometer types |
Chapter 5: Observing the Atmosphere
| Satellite Image Interpretation |
| Why we can't see underwater |
| Why mixing paints doesn't result in white |
| Theories of light |
Chapter 6: Atmospheric Forces and Winds
| Play ball! |
| Balance of Forces |
| Cyclostrophic Wind |
Chapter 7: Global-Scale Winds
| Jet streams and thermal gradients |
| Discover features in a satellite image |
| Animation of subtropical jet stream in satellite image |
Chapter 8: Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions
| U.S. Snow Cover and El Niño |
| Hurricane Winds |
| Animation of Hurricane Iris |
| Animations of Hurricane Mitch |
| Hurricane Intensity |
Chapter 9: Air Masses and Fronts
| Identifying Air Masses |
| Identifying Fronts |
Chapter 10: Extratropical Cyclones and Anticylcones
| Storm of November 10 and 11 1998 |
| Ozone and the JFK Jr. crash |
Chapter 11: Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
Chapter 12: Small-scale Winds
| Poetry in Motion: Wake Lows |
| Mountain lee waves: An animation of Figure 12.6. |
| Sierra Nevada mountain range: |
| Great Lake Breeze: A satellite animation of a lake breeze. |
| Gravity Waves in a satellite image |
| Katabatic Wind in a satellite image. |
Chapter 13: Weather Forecasting
| Barotropic weather forecast model |
| Forecasting Frost: See Chapter 3 |
Chapter 14: Past and Present Climate
| Climate and Mysteries |
| Köppen scheme |
| Climate Temporal Scales |
| Climate Spatial Scales |
| Greenland Ice Sheet |
Chapter 15: Human Influences on Climate
| Contrail Formation |
| Urban Heat Island |
| Daisy World Applet |