SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY METEOROLOGY 403

DEPARTMENT OF GEOSCIENCES Fall 2004

Homework No. 4

Due Thursday, September 30, 2004

Reading in Textbook:

Bluestein: pp. 19-20; 181-194; 92-99; 195-200; 219-223

Djuric Chapter 4, Chapter 6, pp. 93-96, Appendix C

Lay out all steps. Number all equations sequentially. Maps/charts are to be neatly analyzed using correct color conventions.

1. Examine the hodograph given as Fig. 1.10 on page 20. What kind of temperature advection characterizes the layer from the surface to 6 km? How did you determine this?

2. Problem 3.3.

3. Problem 3.10.

4. Problem 4.1.

5. Problem 4.4.