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REVIEW FOR EXAM 2

Room 105 Psychology has been assigned for the AOS 100/101 review session. The room is reserved for Tuesday, November 18, from 6:00-7:30pm.

• Refraction
• Reflection
• Dispersion
• Scattering
• Index of refraction
• Pressure Gradient Force
• Friction
• Coriolis Force
• Convergence
• Divergence
• Isobar

Readings include:

Chapter 5: Pages 133- 138; Pages 147-156 and material on satellites (section labeled Meteorological Satellite Observations)

Chapter 6: Pages 158-185 (no boxes)

Chapter 7: Pages 189-205 (Box 7.2)

Chapter 8: Pages 216-222

Chapter 9: Pages 249-258 (know the four basic airmass types: cP, mP, cT, mT)

Forces: know what determines the magnitude and direction of the  Pressure Gradient Force; Friction; Coriolis Force.

Know the components of the 3-cell conceptual model of the global atmospheric circulation pattern.