ESA - Eduspace EN - Weather and Climate - Exercise 7

Weather

Foehn wind Interactive Meteosat Meteosat images

Climate

African climate El Niño Gulf Stream Himalayan climate Explore the world and its climate with JP Explorer Lake Chad

Exercise 7 - Jet stream

Choose one of the weather maps below. They are of 00.00 UTC.

Describe the direction of the jet stream in Europe from 15 to 20 March 2000.

What influence will that have on the weather on 16 March 2000?

The jet stream maps have been put together to produce a time-lapse animation that shows the development of weather systems.

Run the animation and observe the changes in the direction of the jet stream.

In which direction was the jet stream going on 16 March 2000?

What impact did this have on the Foehn situation on 16 March 2000?

Jet stream map, 15 March 2000

Jet stream map, 16 March 2000

Jet stream map, 17 March 2000

Jet stream map, 18 March 2000

Jet stream map, 19 March 2000

Jet stream map, 20 March 2000

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Foehn

Introduction Background

Exercises

Introduction Photos from the plane Meteosat images NOAA images Cloud film Surface maps Interview with co-pilot Simulation of the
Foehn situation Find other examples

Links

Satellite images from Sarepta METEOSAT images from EUMETSAT Surface maps Internet Weather source NOAA European weather charts Jet Stream Forecast Charts for the Jet Stream

Videos

Cloud video Lakes of Albani and Nemi video Plains of Po river valley and foothills of the Alps video Cloud cover south of Hanover, Germany video Development of weather systems animation Interview with co-pilot Mathematical simulation of foehn
situation, 15-16 March 2000

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