Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology Lab Manual - Visual Exercises to Complement Midlatitude Synoptic Meteorology

The past decade has been characterized by remarkable advances in meteorological observation, computing techniques, and data-visualization technology. However, the benefit of these advances can only be fully realized with the introduction of a systematic, applied approach to meteorological education that allows well-established theoretical concepts to be applied to modernized observational and numerical datasets. Designed for use with the previously published companion textbook, "Midlatitude Synoptic Meteorology", this lab manual and DVD comprise just such an educational approach, and they reinforce lessons on synoptic-dynamic meteorology, synoptically driven mesoscale phenomena, numerical weather prediction, ensemble prediction, and more. The lab manual with data on DVD guides students in using contemporary observation and computing techniques to create forecasts, while the PowerPoint slides and additional resources on the teaching DVD will help form the basis of lectures and classroom work. The textbook, lecture slides, and lab manual were developed to be used in concert, with topics considered in an order that reinforces and builds upon new knowledge in meteorological observation and forecasting, week to week.