Lecture #24
Wind Hodographs, Streamwise Vorticity, Helicity
Monday, 26 March 2001

Text Reading for Lecture #24
Air Force Handout
Article by Morris Weisman and Joseph Klemp

 

WIND HODOGRAPHS

Click HERE to download the wind hodograph
powerpoint file shown above.  Consult class
lecture notes.

A real hodograph:

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ADIABATIC CHARTS/THERMODYNAMIC
DIAGRAMS (text reading pages 174-175; review

pages 161-171)

The Thermodynamic Diagram 1
(download this powerpoint file, in
COMPRESSED FORMAT,  HERE)

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The Thermodynamic Diagram 2
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COMPRESSED format, HERE)

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The Thermodynamic Diagram 3
(download this powerpoint file, in
COMPRESSED format, HERE)

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To come: Use of soundings and hodographs
to determine storm type, motion, and
other characteristics.