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Lesson 13: Global Scale
Objective
- Indentify the location of jet streams.
- Identify Troughs and Ridges
- Identify ITCZ
- Transfers knowledge and principles of radiative transfer to satellite imagery
Prerequisite
- Knowledge of basic global circulation patterns (the three cell model)
- Knowledge of basic jet streams (subtropical jet and polar front jet)
- Ability to interpret visible, infrared and water vapor imagery from geostationary satellite.
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