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To view this page ensure that Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.124 or greater is installed. - lapse rate, stability and instability - development of inversions, types of inversions - temperature near the earth’s surface, surface effects, diurnal - variation, effect of clouds, effect of wind d) Atmospheric pressure -barometric pressure, isobars -pressure variation with height, contours (isohypses) -reduction of pressure to mean sea level, QFF -surface low/upper-air low, surface high/upper-air high-precipitation e) Atmospheric density : interrelationship of pressure, temperature and density f) International Standard Atmosphere (ISA) g) Altimetry -pressure altitude, true altitude -height, altitude, flight level -altimeter settings: QNH, QFE, 1013.25 hPa -effect of accelerated airflow due to topography 1.2 Wind a) Definition and measurement b) Primary cause of wind -primary cause of wind, pressure gradient, coriolis force, gradient wind -Turbulence and gustiness, types of turbulence e) Variation of wind with height -
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