Meteorology For Pilots (3rd Edition)
Published on 1. April 2003
350 pages
978-1-84797-961-2 (ISBN)
Description
This new third edition of 'Meteorology for Pilots' has been modified to satisfy all aspects of the meteorological requirements necessary to be JAR compliant. It also discusses the latest data concerning global warming and its consequences, especially in relation to the El Nino effect.
For aviation the study of meterology provides knowledge and awareness of the atmosphere, which is, after all, the medium within which the pilot works. A proper study of the subject will provide the basis that can enable a pilot to appreciate properly the weather forecast given to him for a flight - and indeed to forecast for himself. Technical aircraft safety is now approaching the highest standards, whilst safety affected by particular weather conditions remains a large problem.
For aviation the study of meterology provides knowledge and awareness of the atmosphere, which is, after all, the medium within which the pilot works. A proper study of the subject will provide the basis that can enable a pilot to appreciate properly the weather forecast given to him for a flight - and indeed to forecast for himself. Technical aircraft safety is now approaching the highest standards, whilst safety affected by particular weather conditions remains a large problem.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Marlborough
United Kingdom
File size
14,66 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84797-961-2 (9781847979612)
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K.M. Wickson
Meteorology for Pilots
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04/2001
3rd Edition
The Crowood Press Ltd
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Jim Hitchcock joined the RAF as an Aircraft Apprentice in 1945. After being commissioned as a navigator he flew in Coastal Command and became a Staff Navigator at the Maritime Reconnaissance School. After retiring from the RAF he joined the Oxford Air training School where, in addition to teaching, he was involved in writing and illustrating the school textbooks. Resident - Oxfordshire
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- List of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Centre Pages Photographs
- Preface
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 THE ATMOSPHERE
- Exosphere
- Ionosphere
- Mesosphere
- Stratosphere
- Troposphere
- Aviation Portion of the Atmosphere
- Tropopause
- Standard Atmospheres
- CHAPTER 2 WEATHER REPORTING
- Surface Reports
- Upper Air Data
- Radio and Satellite
- Communications
- Synoptic Chart
- CHAPTER 3 PRESSURE
- Pressure Measurement
- Corrected Pressure Values
- Variations in Pressure. QFF
- CHAPTER 4 DENSITY
- Variation at the Surface
- Effect of Water Vapour
- Variation with Height
- Density and Flight
- Density Altitude
- CHAPTER 5 ALTIMETRY
- Circuit Flying
- En-route Flying
- Flying in Controlled Airspace
- 'D' Value and Pressure Variations. QFE, QNH, QNE
- CHAPTER 6 WORLD AND SYNOPTIC PRESSURES
- Isobars
- Anticyclone
- Depression
- Ridge of High
- Trough of Low
- Col
- Secondary Low
- Pressure System Movement
- Pressure Gradient
- CHAPTER 7 TEMPERATURE
- Scales
- Temperatures on the Earth's Surface
- Solar Radiation
- Latent Heat
- Angular Elevation of the Sun
- Latitude
- Season of the Year
- Diurnal Variation
- Effect of Cloud
- Effect of Wind
- Nature of the Surface
- Location Effect
- Origin of the Air
- Temperatures in the Atmosphere
- Terrestrial Radiation at Night
- Inversion and Isothermal Layer
- CHAPTER 8 HUMIDITY
- Water Vapour in the Air
- Evaporation and Condensation
- Dewpoint
- Sublimation
- Saturation Vapour Pressure
- Latent Heat
- Relative Humidity
- Diurnal Variation of Relative Humidity
- Measurement of Humidity
- Dry Air
- CHAPTER 9 VERTICAL MOTIONS OF THE AIR
- Adiabatics
- Variable SALR
- Descending Air
- Stability
- Instability
- Conditional Instability
- Stability in Practice
- Turbulence Near the Surface
- Thermal Turbulence
- Mechanical Turbulence
- Friction Layer
- Turbulence in Clouds
- Turbulence Description
- CHAPTER 10 CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION
- Cloud Types
- Layer Clouds
- Heap Clouds
- Cloud Amounts, Base and Tops
- Cloud Formation
- Turbulence Cloud
- Convection
- Advection
- Orographic Lifting
- Frontal Lifting
- Convergence
- Convective Instability
- Precipitation
- CHAPTER 11 LOW LEVEL WINDS
- Surface Wind Forces
- Geostrophic Wind
- Gradient Wind
- Cyclostrophic Wind
- Wind in the Friction Layer
- Diurnal Variation of the Surface Wind
- Sea Breezes
- Practical Effects
- Katabatic/Anabatic Winds
- Fohn Wind
- Valley or Ravine Wind
- Low Level Jets
- Trade Winds and Monsoons
- CHAPTER 12 VISIBILITY
- Surface
- Flight and Oblique Visibility
- Hill Fog
- Radiation Fog
- Advection Fog
- Steaming Fog
- Frontal Fog
- Visibility from the Air
- Visual Illusions
- Approaching to Land with a Shallow Fog Layer
- Visibility with a Deep Haze Layer
- Runway Visual Range
- Optical Phenomena
- Halo
- Corona
- Brocken Spectre
- Mirage
- Aurora Borealis
- Effect of Ice Fog
- Green Water
- Blue Jets, Sprites and Elves
- CHAPTER 13 AIR MASSES AND FRONTS
- Air Masses Affecting UK and Europe
- Polar Maritime
- Polar Continental
- Tropical Continental
- Tropical Maritime
- Arctic
- Returning Polar Maritime
- Fronts
- Intertropical Convergence Zone
- Mediterranean Front
- Polar Front
- Arctic Front
- Frontal Factors
- Minor Fronts
- Cold Front
- Warm Front
- Other Fronts
- CHAPTER 14 DEPRESSIONS
- Polar Front Depressions
- Movement of Polar Front Depressions
- Weather with Passage of a Polar Front Low
- Occlusions
- Occlusion Weather
- Back Bent Occlusions
- Time Periods
- Southern Hemisphere
- Orographic Depressions
- Thermal Depressions
- Dust Devils
- Polar Air Depressions
- Thermal Lows Over Land in Mid-Latitudes
- Thermal Lows over Inland Seas
- Thermal Lows over Land in Low Latitudes
- Thermal Lows over Sea in Low Latitudes: The Tropical Cyclones
- Easterly Waves
- CHAPTER 15 UPPER WINDS
- Upper Level Pressure Systems
- Constant Pressure Charts/Contour Charts
- Wind Finding
- Radiosonde
- Thermal Wind Concept
- Thickness Charts
- Thermal Winds - Global
- Wind Charts
- Jet Streams
- Subtropical Jets
- Polar Front Jets
- Other Jet Streams
- CHAPTER 16 AVIATION HAZARDS
- Wake Turbulence
- Mountain Waves
- Rotor Streaming
- Low Level Windshear
- Inversions
- Thunderstorms/CB
- Microbursts
- Fronts
- Other Less Important Causes of Windshear
- Techniques to Counter Worse Effects
- Windshear Indicators
- Clear Air Turbulence
- Cumulonimbus - Thunderstorms
- Types of Thunderstorm
- Development
- Mature Stage
- Dissipating Stage
- Summary of Thunderstorm Hazards
- Tornadoes
- West African Tornadoes
- Airframe Icing
- Effects
- Conditions Where Icing Can Occur
- Supercooled Water Droplets
- Clear Ice
- Rime Ice
- Rain Ice
- Pack Snow
- Hoar Frost
- Factors Affecting Icing Severity
- Icing Description
- Icing Recognition
- Engine Icing
- Piston Engine Icing
- Carburettor Icing
- Turbine/Jet Engine Icing
- Tropical Cyclones
- CHAPTER 17 PRACTICAL FORECASTING FOR PILOTS
- Landing Forecasts
- Simple Route Forecasting
- Detailed Route Forecasting
- CHAPTER 18 CLIMATOLOGY
- General Circulation
- Climatic Zones
- Dominant Weather Factors
- Heat Equator
- Equatorial Trough
- ITCZ
- Monsoons
- GLOBAL FACTORS
- Temperature
- Land and Sea Surfaces
- Topography
- Sea Currents
- Upper Air Temperatures
- Tropopause Heights
- Icing Limits
- Pressure
- Surface Pressures
- Upper Level Pressures
- Wind
- Surface Winds
- Upper Winds
- Jet Streams
- Weather
- Average Cloud Amounts
- Precipitation
- Thunderstorms
- Visibility
- CLIMATE IN ROUTE AREAS
- Africa
- North America
- Atlantic North
- Atlantic South/South America
- Arabian Gulf Region
- Bangladesh/Burma/Malaysia/Thailand
- Northern Europe and the Mediterranean
- India/Pakistan
- North Polar Area
- North Pacific and the Rim
- South Pacific and the Rim
- Russia and the Adjacent Republics
- CHAPTER 19 SATELLITE WEATHER PICTURE INTERPRETATION AND USE OF AIRBORNE WEATHER RADAR
- Meteostat
- Visual Imagery
- Infra-Red Images
- Cloud Images Over Sea Surfaces
- Weather Images
- Other Data
- Airborne Weather Radar Equipment
- Display System
- Display Interpretation
- APPENDICES
- 'A' Station Circle Decode of Figures and Symbols
- 'B' Decode of Symbols used in Climatology Figures at CHAPTER 18
- 'C' El Nino: La Nina
