Learning Goal: I’m working on a environmental science multi-part question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.Choose TWO questions – one from each question set below – to answer*.
Use mainly course resources – textbook readings and module lesson content – to develop your answers, vs. doing an internet search. Regardless of the source, provide references for the information used in formulating your answers.
Place your answers within a separate document that includes your name at the top. Number each answer to clearly indicate which question is being answered. (e.g., Question A1). DO NOT include the question statements in the document.
Your answers will be scored on completeness, correctness, clarity, and conciseness, and the degree of synthesis and application of the related concepts, not on how many words they contain. More is not necessarily better!*Question Set A: Weather Applications in Everyday LifeYou live in the central United States and are deciding whether to take a summer vacation on a beach in Monterey, California (along the central US west coast) or Virginia Beach, Virginia (along the central US east coast). Qualitatively (i.e., with descriptive words, not numerical values) compare the typical summer weather conditions and ocean temperatures at each location, as information for making a decision on which location would have the most enjoyable conditions for typical beach activities. In your comparison of weather conditions, specifically address differences in air temperature, humidity, and precipitation chances. Synthesize and apply related concepts from Module 6 to support your answers.
On a typical summer day somewhere in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, you are planning a bike ride starting around 10 am, going from a valley and ascending 3000 feet to the top of a high mountain along a winding road. After a lunch break and rest at the top of the mountain, you plan to descend the same road back down the mountain, arriving back in the valley around 3 pm. Qualitatively (i.e., with descriptive words, not numerical values) describe the most likely changes in wind (speed, direction, and gustiness) and rain chances over the course of your ride, and how the changing conditions could potentially impact your ride experience. Synthesize and apply related concepts from Module 6 to support your answers.
It is a day in mid-November and you live in Buffalo, New York, on the eastern shore of Lake Erie (one of the US Great Lakes). Qualitatively (i.e., with descriptive words, not numerical values) outline a wind speed and direction, air temperature, and lake water temperature scenario that would correlate to a forecast for two feet of snow in Buffalo on this day. Also, explain why this forecast would not be as likely on a day in mid-February. Synthesize and apply related concepts from Module 7 to support your answers.
Question Set B: Weather Applications in AviationA regional jet en route from San Jose, California to Las Vegas, Nevada, is currently flying eastbound over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. The pilot immediately turns on the “fasten seat belt” sign after observing billow clouds to the North near the same altitude as the aircraft. Synthesize and apply related concepts from Module 6 to explain why the aircraft experiences an abrupt loss of 1000 feet of altitude a short time later.
Synthesize and apply related concepts from Module 6 to formulate a discussion on both the advantages and disadvantages of flying in the polar jet stream. In your discussion, include the general direction of flight – eastbound, westbound, northbound, or southbound – that is most advantageous and why.
Mid-latitude cyclones, and their associated air masses and weather fronts, present significant impacts and hazards to aircraft operations.Describe three different specific characteristics of the weather* associated with a warm and/or cold front, specifying which type of front – cold, warm, or both – each characteristic applies to.
For each weather characteristic described, identify at least one specific impact or hazard* it presents to aircraft, while either flying through the front en route between airfields, and/or during the passage of the front while taking off or landing at an airfield. Synthesize and apply related concepts from Module 7 to support your answers.
*In answering A and B, keep in mind that there is a clear distinction between weather and an aviation impact or hazard resulting from weather. Fog and low clouds (weather) create low visibility and low ceilings (the aviation impact/hazard of fog and low clouds).
Requirements: 400-700
