Where is it going to be on? and what time ? Scott
On 20/10/2010, at 9:10 AM, erich wittstock wrote: > Robert, > this would be one of those lectures that should be recorded via video and put > up on the GFA website or other suitable area/s. I am sure that there are a > lot of people interested in this subject. > Is there someone that could help you setting it up - so you only have to > concentrate on the subject of meteorology instead of IT issues? > ..always enjoy reading your forecasts on-line as well as the forecasts during > comps. > Keep up the good work! > .. > Erich > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 23:20, Robert Hart <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > On the evening of Tuesday 2 November I am giving a GQ lecture entitled > "Meteorology for Glider Pilots". This is a huge subject and I would like to > get some idea from people the sorts of thing they want to hear about. I have > the whole evening (2 hours with a break in the middle) (which is a bit > daunting both as a speaker and quite probably for the audience too) and there > will definitely be Q&A in both sessions. > > So far, this is the list of topics I have pulled together from my own > observation of the things I am asked about and also from "requests" I have > already received. > > Understanding Queensland weather systems > The summer & winter patterns > An introduction to the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) and Indian Ocean > Dipole (IOD) > Maritime influence and local geography > Reading surface and altitude charts from BoM > Isobars, fronts and troughs and their weather > Wind direction > Jet streams and their importance > Getting and reading a forecast atmospheric sounding (SkewT/LogP) > The NOAA site > Average temperature variation (lapse rates) > Thermals as adiabatic (unmixed) processes > Calculating dry convection, cloud base, temperature for first cloud > Over development > high cloud > Understanding and using RASP > How RASP works - and its limitations > The basic parameters > Cloud and over development > Thunderstorms > Predictor cloud > The SkewT/LogP diagram > Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) Index > Standard Lifted Index (SLI) > Microbursts > Planning a task using weather information > When to plan > When to start > Where to go > When to finish > Suggestions for additions (and removal) most welcome! > -- > Robert Hart [email protected] > +61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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