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Meteorology 503

Lab 5

Deformation Zones

(Due Thursday 17 March 2005)

1. Turn in in three hole binder.

2. Show all work.

3. Answer on separate sheets.

4. Answer in complete sentences with complete explanations.


Reading: Handouts Provided

In answering all of the questions in this lab, provide drawings or sketches to clarify your responses.

1. What is meant in the reading by the term "hyperbolic zone" and why is it synonymous with the term "col"?

2. Discuss why deformation zones in the westerlies often seem to extend from a speed minimum (on the west) to a speed maximum (on the east).

3. You are provided with:

1415 UTC 1 March 1977

HB enhanced infrared image for 1415 1 March 1977

1915 UTC 26 March 1979

Visible image for1915 26 March 1979

2345 UTC March 26, 1979

ZA enhanced infrared image for 2345 26 March 1979

2345 UTC March 28, 1979

ZA enhanced image for 2345 28 March 1979

a. Provide the locations (latitude and longitude) of one cloud pattern each which correspond to figures 6a, 6b, 7b, 8a, 9aB, 9b.

b. Sketch the outlines of each of your patterns on maps (or a sheet of paper) and draw the relative streamlines which you think would account for the pattern. Use the figures listed in the readings as guides.