Lecture #23
Wind Hodographs, Streamwise Vorticity, Helicity
Wednesday, 14 March 2001
Text Reading for Lecture
#23
Air Force Handout
Article by Morris Weisman and Joseph Klemp
Click HERE to download the wind hodograph
powerpoint file shown above. Consult class
lecture notes.
A real hodograph:
ADIABATIC CHARTS/THERMODYNAMIC
DIAGRAMS (text reading pages 174-175; review
pages 161-171)
The Thermodynamic
Diagram 1
(download this powerpoint file HERE)
The Thermodynamic
Diagram 2
(download this powerpoint file HERE)
The
Thermodynamic Diagram 3
(download this powerpoint file HERE)
To come: Use of soundings and hodographs
to determine storm type, motion, and
other characteristics.