Note: this is a list of material that will be emphasized on the upcoming exam.  Besides reviewing the below mentioned chapters and lecture sets, you should also review the "coriolis force", "atmospheric forces and motion", and "cyclones and anticyclones" modules on the CDROM; as well as  the "forces and winds", "air masses and fronts", "midlatitude cyclones" and "hurricanes" modules at the WW2010 site.  It would also be a good idea to review the assigned exercises in Lab Nine from your lab manual

I. Atmospheric Circulations (Lecture Set 9) (Textbook Chapters: 7 & 8)

• wind description and measurement
• scales of motion: micro, meso, synoptic, planetary
• wind related forces (e.g., coriolis, pressure gradient, etc.)
• surface air flow, upper-air flow (the geostrophic wind) & related forces
• anticyclones (highs), cyclones (lows) - Northern Hemisphere vs. S. Hemisphere
• atmospheric pressure
• isobars
• global-scale (general circulation) winds: surface winds and vertical circulation cells (Hadley, Ferrel, and Polar)
• upper-air westerlies in both hemispheres - Rossby (Long) Waves, jet streams
• polar front
• primary high-pressure and low-pressure areas
• local/regional winds: sea-land breeze, mountain-valley breeze, moonsoons, katabatic winds

• Air masses, air mass characteristics, air masses that affect North America
• lifting mechanisms - orographic, convection, frontal
• types of fronts (warm, cold, stationary, and occluded) and frontal processes
• mid-latitude cyclones, cyclogenisis, connection between the upper atmosphere and cyclogenisis (convergence and divergence, and associated vertical motion), storm (cyclone) tracks
• thunderstorm processes (life cycle), locations in the U.S. where T'Storms are common
• lightning and thunder
• tornadoes - characteristics and processes, tornado alley, mesocyclones, Fujita Scale
• tropical cyclones (hurricanes), characteristics and processes, location and storm tracks, storm surge