ATPL METEOROLOGY

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Lesson 1 The Earth's Atmosphere
Lesson 2 Pressure Height, Isa Deviation and Density Height.
Hand-Out The Atmosphere
Lesson 3 Heat and its effects - convection, advection, local winds.
Lesson 4 Global Circulation
Lesson 5 Specific Heat and the diurnal variations of temperature in coastal and inland areas.
Lesson 6 Specific Heat and its effects.
Hand Out Heat and its effects.
Progress Test 1 Progress test must be passed before proceeding.
Lesson 7 The Coriolis Force and its effects.
Hand Out 3 Coriolis
Lesson 8 Air Pressure and the resulting Wind
Lesson 9 Global and large scale wind caused by pressure systems
Lesson 9a Exercise for Lesson 9
Hand Out 4 Pressure and the resulting wind.
Lesson 10 Atmospheric Tides and the semi-diurnal variation of pressure
Lesson 11 The semi-diurnal variation of wind.
Lesson 12 The effect on pressure systems on flight, drift and true altitude.
Hand Out 5 More Wind
Progress Test 2 Make sure you pass this Progresas Test before you proceed.
Lesson 13 Upper level Meteorology - Thermal Wind Components and Jet Streams.
Hand Out 6 Thermal Wind Component and Jet Streams.
Lesson 14 How to measure meteorological values.
Lesson 15 Humidity in the Air
Lesson 16 Latent Heat and the Change of State of Water
Lesson 17 Adiabatic Processes and the Adiabatic Lapse Rates.
Hand-Out 7 Humidity in the Air
Progress Test 3 Make sure you pass this progress test before you proceed.
Lesson 18 Atmospheric Stability
Lesson 19 Convective Clouds and Cloud Triggers.
Hand-out 8 Stability, Cloud and Convective Cloud
Lesson 20 Cloud Formation
Lesson 21 Hydrometeors
Hand-Out 9 Cloud Classification and Hydrometeors
Lesson 22 Ice and Aircraft Icing
Lesson 23 Precipitation
Hand-Out 10 Icing and Precipitation
Progress Test 4 Make sure you PASS this test before proceeding with the next lessons.
Lesson 24 Movement of Air Masses over the surface of the Earth.
Lesson 25 Thunderstorms
Hand-out 11a Thunderstorms
Lesson 26 Inversions
Lesson 27 Visibility
Lesson 28 Wind Shear and Turbulence
Hand-Out 12 Inversions, Visibility and Turbulence.
Lesson 29 Mountain Waves
Lesson 30 Fronts
Lesson 31 Stream Weather
Hand-Out 13 Fronts and Stream Weather
Progress Test 5 You MUST pass this progress test before proceeding to the next lesson!
Lesson 32 Clear Air Turbulence
Lesson 33 Chart Download and print out this chart BEFORE selecting the Lesson 33 (next)
Lesson 33 Synoptic Charts and how to interpret them.
Lesson 34 Tropical Meteorology and Streamline Analysis.
Lesson 35 Tropical Cyclones - Hurricanes - Typhoons
Hand-Out 14 Tropical Meteorology
Progress Test 6 You MUST pass thir progress test before you proceed to the next lesson.
Lesson 36 Area Forecasts. You MUST load this item of information before proceeding.
Lesson 36a Meteorology services in Australia and New Zealand and Area Forecast use and decose.
Lesson 36b Exercise ARFOR 1. Download the information and the exercise and prepare the exercise.
Lesson 36c De-Brief for the Exercise ARFOR 1.
Lesson 36d Master Answer for Exercise ARFOR 1
Exercise ARFOR 2 Download now Exercise ARFOR 2 and work the answers before you watch the debrief.
Lesson 36e De-Brief of Exercise ARFOR 2
ARFOR 2 Debrief Download here the Master Answers for Exercise ARFOR 2 as shown in the debrief.
Information L 37 Information Downloads for lesson 37.
Lesson 37 Upper level area forecasts and their decode and use.
Exercise Less 37 Download the exercise for Lesson 37 here.
Lesson 37a De-Brief for Exercise ARFOR HIGH
Lesson 38 Terminal Area Forecasts TAF
Lesson 38a Exercise for the TAF lesson.
Lesson 39 METAR, SPECI, SIGMET and VOLMET
Lesson 39a Exercise for Lesson 39.
Exam Handout Handout for Trial Exams, Progress Tests etc. Please download and print or keep.
Progress Test 7 You MUST pass Progress Test 7 before you proceed.
Trial Exam 1 Meteorology Trial Examination for all, CPL and ATPL
Trial Exam 2 Meteorology Trial Examination 2 for all CPL and ATPL.
Trial Exam 3 Meteorology Trial Examination 3 for all CPL and ATPL.
Trial Exam 4 Meteorology Trial Examination for ATPL only.