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CHAPTer 1 CONVERGENCE, DIVERGENCE, AND VORTICITY
WIND SPEED (VELOCITY) SHEAR
The 350-hPa to 200-hPa Stratum
Figure 1-1.-Generalized vertical circulation overdeveloping highs and lows.
Divergence Identification (Downstream Straightline Flow)
Sharply Curved Ridges
Changes in Stability
VORTICITY
ABSOLUTE VORTICITY
RELATION OF VORTICITY TO WEATHER processes
SUMMARY - 14010_21
CHAPTER 2 FORECASTING UPPER AIR SYSTEMS
OBJECTIVE FORECASTING TECHNIQUES
Location Of The Jet Stream
FORECASTING THE INTENSITY OF TROUGHS AND RIDGES
FORECASTING THE MOVEMENT OF UPPER LEVEL FEATURES
Movement of Closed Lows
CRITICAL ECCENTRICITY
FORECASTING THE INTENSITY OF UPPER LEVEL AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE FEATURES
Formation Forecasting Principles (Lows)
SUMMARY - 14010_32
CHAPTER 3 FORECASTING SURFACE SYSTEMS
UPPER AIR CHARTS THE FORMATION OF NEW PRESSURE SYSTEMS
FORECASTING THE MOVEMENT OF SURFACE PRESSURE SYSTEMS
Isallobaric Indications
Steering
Direction of Mean Isotherms (Thickness Lines)
Movement of Lows in Relation to the Jetstream
FORECASTING THE INTENSITY OF SURFACE PRESSURE SYSTEMS
Figure 3-7.-Illustration of secondary cyclone
INDICATIONS ALOFT FOR DEEPENING AND FILLING OF SURFACE LOWS
High Tropospheric Divergence in Developing Lows
Using Facsimile and NODDS Products
Figure 3-9.-Vertical circulation over developing high.
Rules for Forecasting the Intensity of Highs
SATELLITE IMAGERY
SATELLITE IMAGERY PRINCIPLES
FORECASTING THE MOVEMENTS AND INTENSITY OF FRONTS
Figure 3-14.-Visual, local noon, third day.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.
FORECASTING ISOBARIC CONFIGURATION
Extended Weather Forecasts
CHAPTER 4 FORECASTING WEATHER ELEMENTS
Frontal Lifting
WEATHER DISSIPATION PROCESSES
FRONTAL AND OROGRAPHIC CLOUDINESS AND PRECIPITATION
Warm Front
AIR MASS CLOUDINESS AND PRECIPITATION
Closed Cellular Cloud Patterns
VERTICAL MOTION AND weather
SHORT-RANGE EXTRAPOLATION
LOWERING OF CEILING IN CONTINUOUS RAIN AREAS
THE TREND CHART AS AN EXTRAPOLATION AID
TIME-LINER AS AN EXTRAPOLATION AID
CLOUD ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING
INFERRING CLOUDS FROM RAOB
INTERPRETATION OF RAOB LAYERS WITH RESPECT TO CLOUD LAYERS
Figure 4-18.-Example of lnferring clouds from a RAOB
HUMIDITY FIELD IN THE VICINITY OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS
THREE-DIMENSIONAL HUMIDITY ANALYSISTHE MOIST LAYER
PRECIPITATION AND CLOUDS
THE CIRRUS CLOUD FORECASTING PROBLEM
PREDICTION OF SNOW VS RAIN
GENERAL SYNOPTIC CONSIDERATIONS
FORECASTING TECHNIQUES AND AIDS
Additional Snow versus Rain Techniques
MOVEMENT OF THE 850-hPa 0C ISOTHERM
14010_80Figure 4-22.-Typical cold and warm air advection patterns
FORECASTING THE AREA OF MAXIMUM SNOWFALL
Figure 4-23.-Graphs for computing wet-bulb temperatures.
Locating the Area of Maximum Snowfall
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FORECASTING SPECIAL SITUATIONS
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CHAPTER 5 FORECASTING SEVERE WEATHER FEATURES
THUNDERSTORM ELECTRICITY AND LIGHTNING
THUNDERSTORM SURFACE PHENOMENA
THUNDERSTORM ALTIMETRY
THE PARCEL METHOD
Figure 5-3.-Forecasting afternoon convective cloudiness.
WET-BULB CURVE
AIR-MASS THUNDERSTORMS
Figure 5-6.-Example of anticyclonic shear and curvature at 850 hPa
FORECASTING MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS
FORECASTING MAXIMUM GUSTS WITH NONFRONTAL THUNDERSTORMS
METHOD OF ANALYSIS
Hail Size Forcasting
Figure 5-10.-Fawbush-Miller Hail Graph
Tornadoes
Figure 5-12.-Suggested checklist
Surface Thermal Patterns as a Forecasting Aid
Forecasting Fog and Stratus
General Procedure for Forecasting Fog
Saturation of the Air Mass
Conditions Favorable for Ground or Radiation Fog
Conditions Favorable for Advection-Radiation Fog
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR UPSLOPE FOG AND STRATUS
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FRONTAL FOG
DETERMINATION OF FOG HEIGHT
DISSIPATION
FORECASTING STRATUS FORMATION AND DISSIPATION
AIRCRAFT ICING
INTENSITIES OF ICING
PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS
ICING TYPE FORECASTS
Icing Forecasts Using the 8D Method
Figure 5-21.-The 8D ice forecast method.
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Turbulence on the Lee Side of Mountains
CLASSIFICATION AND INTENSITY OF TURBULENCE
Table 5-2.-Turbulence Reporting Criteria Table
FORECASTING TURBULENCE NEAR THE SURFACE
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CHAPTER 6 SEA SURFACE FORECASTING
PROPERTIES OF WAVES
Definitions of Other Terms
Wave Spectrum
FORECASTING SEA WAVES
DETERMINING THE WIND FIELD
Location of Fetch
Determining Accurate Wind Speed
FORECASTING SWELL WAVES
Angular Spreading
FORECASTING SURF
Figure 6-8.-Sea and swell graph 7.
Shoaling
Littoral Current
FORECASTING SURFACE CURRENTS
Figure 6-10.-Sample surf worksheet.
CURRENTS
COASTAL AND TIDAL CURRENTS
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CHAPTER 7 METEOROLOGICAL PRODUCTS AND TACTICAL DECISION AIDS
D-VALUES (DVAL)
LIMITATIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS - 14010_149
BATTLE GROUP VULNERABILITY (BGV)
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ELECTRONIC SUPPORT MEASURE (ESM) PROGRAM
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PLATFORM VULNERABILITY (PV)
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SURFACE-SEARCH RADAR RANGE (SSR)
LIMITATIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS - 14010_157
SHIP ICE ACCRETION (SHIP ICE)
LIMITATIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS - 14010_159
SOUND FOCUS (SOCUS)
Figure 7-6.-Example output of the explosive noise prediction plot.
LASER RANGE PREDICTION (LRP)
RADIOLOGICAL FALLOUT (RADFO)
FORWARD-LOOKING INFRARED (FLIR)
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AIRCRAFT ICING (AIRICE)
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CHAPTER 8 OCEANOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS AND TACTICAL DECISION AIDS
NAVAL SEARCH AND RESCUE (NAVSAR)
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RAYTRACE (RAY)
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PASSIVE ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION LOSS (PPL)
NEAR-SURFACE OCEAN THERMAL STRUCTURE (NOTS)
BATHYTHERMOGRAPH COLLECTIVE PRODUCT
MAD OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS (MOE) CHARTS
CHAPTER 9 OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY
BOTTOM BOUNCE RANGE (BBR)
RANGE VERSUS DEPTH
SONIC LAYER DEPTH (SLD)
SURFACE DUCT CUTOFF FREQUENCY (SFD)
DIRECT PATH RANGE (DPR)
EXAMPLE OUTPUT
SOUND CHANNEL AXIS DEPTH
SHALLOW SOUND CHANNEL AXIS DEPTH (SSX)
Figure 9-10.-A shaded shallow sound channel axis depth display.
FORECASTING EFFECTS OF AMBIENT NOISE
SURFACE-SHIP TRAFFIC NOISE
EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF BIOLUMINESCENCE
UNDERWATER VISIBILITY
OCEAN FRONTS
TYPICAL LOCATIONS OF PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC OCEAN FRONTS
ACOUSTIC EFFECTS OF FRONTS
MINE WARFARE (MIW)
PRINCIPAL MINE HUNTING SONAR SYSTEMS
SUMMARY - 14010_198
CHAPTER 10 SPECIAL OBSERVATIONS AND FORECASTS
VERIFICATION OF WARNINGS, ADVISORIES, AND FORECASTS
REFRACTIVITY FORECASTS USING ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTIVITY PROFILE GENERATOR (ARPGEN)
FORECASTING ALTIMETER SETTINGS
Altimeter Errors (Temperature)
FORECASTING ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON ELECTRO-OPTICAL (EO) SYSTEMS
WEAX AND AVWX
AIRCRAFT DITCH HEADING FORECASTS
Table 10-3.-Enroute Weather Forecast
PRODUCT AVAILABILITY
AVIATION FORECAST PRODUCT VERIFICATION
SPECIAL CLIMATOLOGICAL studies
CHAPTER 11 TROPICAL FORECASTING
THE DYNAMICS OF TROPICAL CYCLONES
Other Indications of Development
MOVEMENT
Extrapolation
RECURVATURE
Nonrecurvature
CHANGES IN INTENSITY DURING MOVEMENT OUT OF THE TROPICS
MOVEMENT OF TROPICAL CYCLONES
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS
SUMMARY - 14010_221
CHAPTER 12 WEATHER RADAR
RADAR BEAM CHARACTERISTICS - 14010_224
DOPPLER RADAR
VELOCITY ALIASED DATA
RANGE-FOLDED DATA
NON-METEOROLOGICAL RADAR ECHOES
Ground Clutter Returns from Anomalous Propagation
INTERPRETATION OF DOPPLER VELOCITY PATTERNS
MESOCYCLONE SIGNATURE DETECTION
WIND SHEAR
THE STRUCTURE OF LARGE-SCALE PRECIPITATING WEATHER SYSTEMS
WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR1988-DOPPLER (WSR-88D)
DATA ACCESS
STATUS AND ALERTS
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CHAPTER 13 METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC BRIEFS
BRIEFING CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARIES OF TROPICAL CYCLONE STORM TRACKS
BRIEFING OF TROPICAL CYCLONE EVASIVE/SORTIE RECOMMENDATIONS
METOC EFFECTS ON VARIOUS WARFARE OPERATIONS
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MAGNETIC ENVIRONMENT
BRIEFING OF METOC SUPPORT FOR AMW OPERATIONS
THE REHEARSAL PHASE
BRIEFING OF AVAILABLE METOC SERVICES
CHAPTER 14 ADMINISTRATION AND TRAINING
Figure 14-1.-CNMOC Form 3140/6
Figure 14-2.-CNMOC Form 3167/2
Figure 14-3.-CNMOC Form 3140/5
METEOROLOGICAL STATION AND DESCRIPTION REPORT
TRAINING FUNCTIONS
PUBLICATION REVIEW
THE COMMAND TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
SUMMARY - 14010_257
APPENDIX I REFERENCES USED TO DEVELOP THE TRAMAN
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