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UNIT 4: WEATHER DYNAMICS
Chapter 13: Global Weather Dynamics
13.1 A Closer Look at Earth
13.6 Prevailing Wind Patterns
13.10 The Costs of Rescue Operations
13.11 Clouds and Fog
13.14 Career Profile: Atmospheric Chemist
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13.1
A Closer Look at Earth |
Find
a site that has climate data for Canadian cities. Choose a city
and graph the average monthly temperature and precipitation.
Environment
Canada Weather site contains forecasts for most Canadian cities.
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13.6
Prevailing Wind Patterns |
The
katabatic wind in Antarctica is the most powerful wind in the
world. Find out more about katbatic and anabatic winds. Sketch
the flow of air in katabatic and anabatic winds.
Winds
and General Circulation, Environment Canada, Quebec Region,
presents a full description of winds.
Katabatic
Winds, Antarctic Adventure, is a small site, but has fantastic
links to other information.
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13.10
The Costs of Rescue Operations |
Find
newspaper articles on the rescue attempts made during the yacht
race off the coast of Australia in December, 1998.
Race reports:
NSW
State Coroner's Inquest
SYDNEY
HOBART RACE REPORT, Sailing Source, June 1, 1999
Transcript
of the Prime Minister, The Hon. John Howard MP, Doorstop Interview,
Sydney, Australia, 30 December 1998
Costs and rescues:
Should
high-risk adventure sports be banned? Your reaction, BBC News
Lawmakers
want fishermen to pay rescue costs: Ice fishermen who take risks
on frozen lakes should be responsible for bills, The Holland
Sentinel, January 1, 1999, Michigan
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13.11
Clouds and Fog |
Research
cloud formation. Sketch some of the less common cloud types.
Cloud
Formation Processes, Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Michael
J. Pidwirny, Department of Geography, Okanagan University College
Clouds:
One key to foretelling the weather, Environment Canada
Clouds
and Precipitation, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University
of Illinois at Urbana, USA
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13.14
Career Profile: Atmospheric Chemist |
Environment
Canada considers climate change a significant environmental
problem. Discover examples of research projects in this field.
Pick one project for study. What kinds of scientists are involved?
How large is the team? What qualifications do its members have?
Global
Climate Change, Government of Canada contains information on
a wide variety of programs.
Health
Canada — Climate Change site describes the human dimension
of projected problems due to climate change.
Current
Research Projects, Climate and Health Research Program, University
of Alberta, describes studies done by its researchers.
Center
for International Climate and Environmental Research, University
of Oslo, Norway, contains a lot of information on recent research.
Centre
for Climate and Global Change Research, McGill University, presents
short descriptions on current research.
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