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| Mountain Climates | |
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| Four Factors that Determine Climate | |
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| Latitude | |
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| Altitude | |
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| Continentality | |
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| Regional Circulations | |
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| Mountain Climates of North America | |
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| The Appalachians | |
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| The Coast Range, the Alaska Range, the Cascade Range, and the Sierra Nevada | |
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| The Rocky Mountains | |
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| Between the Mountains | |
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| An Introduction to the Atmosphere | |
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| Atmospheric Scales of Motion and Atmospheric Composition | |
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| Atmospheric Scales of Motion | |
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| Atmospheric Composition | |
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| Atmospheric Structure and the Earth's Boundary Layer | |
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| Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere | |
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| Temperature | |
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| Atmospheric Stability | |
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| The Atmospheric Boundary Layer and the Surface Energy Budget | |
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| Pressure and Winds | |
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| Atmospheric Pressure | |
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| Winds | |
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| Air Masses and Fronts | |
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| Air Mass Source Regions and Trajectories | |
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| Fronts | |
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| Clouds and Fogs | |
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| Clouds | |
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| Fogs | |
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| Precipitation | |
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| Types of Precipitation | |
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| Intensity of Precipitation | |
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| Measuring Precipitation | |
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| Formation of Precipitation | |
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| Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Precipitation | |
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| Icing | |
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| Mountain Thunderstorms | |
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| Weather Maps, Forecasts, and Data | |
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| Weather Maps | |
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| Forecasting Guidelines | |
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| Weather Information: Data Collection and Dissemination | |
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| Obtaining Professional Forecasts for Major Federal Projects | |
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| Mountain Winds | |
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| Terrain-Forced Flows | |
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| Three Factors that Affect Terrain-Forced Flows | |
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| Flow over Mountains | |
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| Flow around Mountains | |
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| Flows through Gaps, Channels, and Passes | |
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| Blocking, Cold Air Damming, and Obstruction of Air Masses | |
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| On the High Plains: The Low-Level Jet | |
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| Diurnal Mountain Winds | |
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| The Daily Cycle of Slope and Along-Valley Winds and Temperature Structure | |
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| Modification of Diurnal Mountain Winds by Variations in the Surface Energy Budget | |
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| Disturbances of the Daily Cycle by Larger Scale Flows | |
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| The Four Components of the Mountain Wind System | |
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| Diurnal Mountain Winds in Basins | |
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| Diurnal Mountain Winds over Plateaus | |
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| Other Local Thermally Driven Wind Systems | |
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| Selected Applications of Mountain Meteorology | |
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| Air Pollution Dispersion | |
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| Classification and Regulation of Air Pollutants | |
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| Air Quality Studies and Air Pollution Models | |
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| Wind Speed and Air Pollution Concentrations | |
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| Stability, Inversions, and Mixing Depth | |
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| Synoptic Weather Categories and Air Pollution Dispersion | |
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| Mountainous Terrain and Atmospheric Dispersion | |
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| Assessing Air Pollution Potential in Mountain Terrain | |
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| Fire Weather and Smoke Management | |
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| The Fire Environment | |
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| Fuel Moisture Content | |
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| Fire Weather in Complex Terrain | |
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| Critical Fire Weather | |
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| Prescribed Fire and Smoke Management | |
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| Monitoring Fire Weather and Smoke Dispersion Parameters | |
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| Aerial Spraying | |
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| Overview of Aerial Spraying | |
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| Meteorological Factors that Affect Aerial Spraying Operations | |
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| Spray Deposition | |
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| Additional Considerations in Complex Terrain | |
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| Collection of Meteorological Data | |
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| Computer Modeling | |
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| Integration of Meteorological Information into Operations | |
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| References | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Formulas | |
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| Psychrometric Tables | |
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| Sources of Information on Weather Monitoring and Instrumentation | |
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| Units, Unit Conversion Factors, and Time Conversions | |
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| Solar Radiation on Slopes | |
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| Additional Reading | |
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| METAR and TAF Code Abbreviations | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Abbreviations and Acronyms | |
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| Index | |