Elsevier · Holton, Hakim: An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology, 5th Editionth Edition · Chapter 02

Chapter 02

FIGURE 2.1
FIGURE 2.1 Longitudinal dependence of the unit vector i.



FIGURE 2.2
FIGURE 2.2 Resolution of δi in Figure 2.1 into northward and vertical components.



FIGURE 2.3
FIGURE 2.3 Dependence of unit vector j on longitude.



FIGURE 2.4
FIGURE 2.4 Dependence of unit vector j on latitude.



FIGURE 2.5
FIGURE 2.5 Mass inflow into a fixed (Eulerian) control volume as a result of motion parallel to the x axis.



FIGURE 2.6
FIGURE 2.6 Change in Lagrangian control volume (shown by shading) as a result of fluid motion parallel to the x axis.



FIGURE 2.7
FIGURE 2.7 Rate of working on a fluid element due to the x component of the pressure force.



FIGURE 2.8
FIGURE 2.8 Schematic sounding for a conditionally unstable environment, characteristic of midwestern North American thunderstorm conditions, showing the vertical profiles of potential temperature θ, equivalent potential temperature θe, and equivalent temperature θ*e of a hypothetically saturated atmosphere with the same temperature profile. The dotted line shows θe for a nonentraining parcel raised from the surface. The arrow denotes the LFC for the parcel.