Meteorology

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• Composition, extent, vertical division
• Temperature
• Atmospheric pressure
• Atmospheric density
• International Standard Atmosphere (ISA)
• Altimetry

• Definition and measurement
• Primary cause of wind
• General circulation
• Turbulence
• Variation of wind with height
• Local winds
• Jet streams
• Standing waves

• Humidity
• Change of state of aggregation
• Adiabatic processes

• Cloud formation and description
• Fog, mist, haze

• Development of precipitation
• Types of precipitation

• Types of Airmasses
• Fronts

• Location of the principal pressure areas
• Anticyclone
• Non frontal depressions
• Tropical revolving storms

• Climatic zones
• Tropical climatology
• Typical weather situations in mid-latitudes
• Local seasonal weather and wind

• Icing
• Turbulence
• Thunderstorms
• Tornadoes
• Low and high level inversions
• Hazards in mountainous areas
• Visibility reducing phenomena

• Observation
• Weather charts
• Information for flight planning