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Layers of the Atmosphere
Check out the Northern Lights
NASA | The Mystery of the Aurora - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/auroras
http://www.youtube.com/Dance of the Spirit (Auroras)
http://www.youtube.com/auroras, Alaska
StudyJams
click the link then type “atmosphere” into the search box.
StudyJams
Jet Stream Air Movement
DON’T FORGET THE JET STREAM………It affects our weather patterns…..what layer of the atmosphere is it located in?
Why Study the Atmosphere?http://www.theozonehole.com/atmosphere.htm
http://weathervortex.com/images/clouds-14.jpg
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/images/cloudchart.gif
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/nonpwdpubs/young_naturalist/images/pg_134_135_clouds_lg.jpg
Cloud Types
• 20,000 – 43,000 ftCirrus• High Level• wispy, feathery, hairlike, delicate fibers, streaks or plumes
Cirrocumulus• High Level• Appears as tufts, in lines or groups, sometimes in ripples
Cirrostratus• High Level• Veil of fused sheets of ice crystals, milky.• Sun and moon halos.
Cloud TypesMid-level
Altocumulus• Middle Level• Patches of cotton balls
Altostratus • 6,500 – 20,000 ft.Altostratus• Middle Level• Thin to thick with no halos, sun’s outline just visible, grey day
Cloud TypesLow Level
Nimbostratus• Grey dark low clouds with drizzling rain
Stratus• Low Level• Uniform, featureless, grey, like high fog
Stratocumulus• Low Level• Soft, grey, globular mases in lines, groups, or waves, heavy rolls, irregular overcast patterns.
Cloud TypesVertically developed
Cumulus• Vertically developed• Sharply outlined, puffy, billowy, flat based, swelling tops, fair weather
Cumulus• Vertically developed• Sharply outlined, puffy, billowy, flat based, swelling tops, fair weather
Cumulonimbus• Vertically developed• Dense, heavy, dark massive thunderstorms• hard showers, explosive top, great vertical development• cirrus topped plume blown into anvil shaped head.
Cumulonimbus• Vertically developed• Dense, heavy, dark massive thunderstorms• hard showers, explosive top, great vertical development• cirrus topped plume blown into anvil shaped head.
Jet Stream Air Movement
DON’T FORGET THE JET STREAM………It affects our weather patterns…..what layer of the atmosphere is it located in?