Cockpit Weather Decisions

Name: Cockpit Weather Decisions
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ISBN: 9780070367197

ISBN-10: 0070367191

ISBN-13: 9780070367197

Edition: 1998

Authors: Terry T. Lankford

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Preface
Introduction
The Realm of Flight	p. 1
Structure of the Atmosphere	p. 2
Atmospheric Properties	p. 5
Altimetry, Airspeed, and Aircraft Performance	p. 13
Strategies	p. 18
Updating Weather En Route	p. 21
Ever-Changing Weather	p. 23
Lapse Rate	p. 24
Vertical Motion in the Atmosphere	p. 31
Low Ceilings and Visibility	p. 33
Strategies	p. 48
Motion of the Air	p. 53
General Circulation	p. 54
Winds	p. 58
Turbulence	p. 65
Strategies	p. 72
Signpost in the Sky	p. 79
Cloud Types	p. 80
Precipitation	p. 92
Icing	p. 95
Strategies	p. 103
Families of the Air	p. 109
Air Masses	p. 110
Thunderstorms	p. 114
Convective Low-Level Windshear	p. 128
Strategies	p. 133
Air Masses in Conflict	p. 139
The Life Cycle of a Front	p. 141
Cold Fronts	p. 143
Warm Fronts	p. 149
Occluded Fronts	p. 152
Stationary Fronts	p. 154
Strategies	p. 155
Where's the Front?	p. 161
Upper-Level Troughs and Ridges	p. 163
Upper-Level Lows and Highs	p. 168
The Jet Stream Revisited	p. 172
Vorticity	p. 173
Convergence and Divergence	p. 176
Hurricanes	p. 178
Putting It Together	p. 181
Strategies	p. 183
Glossary	p. 187
Charts and Graphs	p. 195
METAR/TAF Codes	p. 199
Index	p. 211
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