Aviation Weather
Author: Federal Aviation
Administration (F.A.A.) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
Revised in 1975
Paperback, 219 pages
Dimensions: 7.8 x 10.0 x 0.47 inches
(199 x 256 x 12 mm)
Earth's atmosphere, common IFR procedures, high-altitude weather and
special area weather considerations are thoroughly discussed. Many of
the FAA Knowledge Exam weather questions are pulled from this text.
Chapter 16 gives a good overview of
soaring weather, the pseudo-adiabatic chart, and calculating a Thermal
Index.
Contents
- Chapter 1 - The Earth's Atmosphere
- Chapter 2 - Temperature
- Chapter 3 - Atmospheric Pressure and
Altimetry
- Chapter 4 - Wind
- Chapter 5 - Moisture, Cloud
Formation, and Precipitation
- Chapter 6 - Stable and Unstable Air
- Chapter 7 - Clouds
- Chapter 8 - Air Masses and Fronts
- Chapter 9 - Turbulence
- Chapter 10 - Icing
- Chapter 11 - Thunderstorms
- Chapter 12 - Common IFR Producers
- Chapter 13 - High Altitude Weather
- Chapter 14 - Arctic Weather
- Chapter 15 - Tropical Weather
- Chapter 16 - Soaring Weather
- Glossary of Weather Terms
- Index
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