Name _______________________
Closed Book Examination – Examination Materials for CCM Application –
40 minutes
1. (a) (Meteorologists) What is the typical 300 mb height in decameters in
the winter over the United States?
(a) 600
(b) 930
(c) 1500
(d) 1200
(e) 410
1. (b) (Oceanographers) What process causes waves to bend when they
reach shallow watter?
(a) Diffraction
(b) Diffusion
(c) Interference
(d) Reflection
(e) Refraction
2. (a) (Meteorologists) What is the typical 500 mb temperature in troughs
in winter over the United States?
(a) +15 C
(b) +5 C
(c) –5 C
(d) –25 C
(e) -85C
2 (b) (Oceanographers) What is the typical speed of the eastern
(geostrophic) boundary currents?
(a) 10 m/s
(b) 1 m/s
(c) 1 cm/s
(d) 1 mm/s
(e) -10 km/h
3. (a) (Meteorologists) The following is the Metar observation for Muni,
Minnesota:
KULM 242115Z AUTO 34003KT 2 1/2SM +TSRA SCT008
BKN043 OVC055 14/13 A2973 RMK LTG DSNT E THRU S
Decode:
METAR text: KULM 242115Z AUTO 34003KT 2 1/2SM +TSRA SCT008 BKN043
THRU S
Conditions at: KULM (NEW ULM MUNI, MN, US) observed 2115 UTC 24 April 200
Temperature: 14.0°C (57°F)
Dewpoint: 13.0°C (55°F) [RH = 94%]
Pressure 29.73 inches Hg (1006.9 mb)
(altimeter):
Winds: from the NNW (340 degrees) at 3 MPH (3 knots; 1.6 m/s)
Visibility: 2.50 miles (4.02 km)
Ceiling: 4300 feet AGL
Clouds: scattered clouds at 800 feet AGL
broken clouds at 4300 feet AGL
overcast cloud deck at 5500 feet AGL
Weather: +TSRA (thunderstorm withheavy rain)
Remark Lightning distant east through south
3. (b) (Oceanographers) When waves reach an irregular coastline, how is
their energy distributed?
(a) It is equally distributed between bays and headlands
(b) It is focused on bays and cuts them deeper
(c) It is focused on headlands and erodes them back
(d) It is reflected back to sea
(e) Steeper beach slope
4. . (a) (Meteorologists) You need to obtain the wind information for a
RAWS site in California. These would be found:
(a) archived at NCDC
(b) archived at the NWS local forecast offices.
(c) archived at the LA Times
(d) archived at WRCC
4. (b) (Oceanographers) You need to obtain the current observations from
Buoy Station 46047NDBC Location: 32.433N 119.533W. These observations
would be found:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
archived at the National Satellite and Information Service
archived at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography
archived at the National Data Buoy Center
archived at USGS Earth and Environmental Resources Center
5. (a) (Meteorologists) You are examining the wind flow at 500 mb for a
zonal flow pattern (contours parallel to lines of latitude). The wind flow at
appears to be parallel to height contours. This is because
(a) the vertical pressure gradient acceleration is balanced by gravity.
(b) Coriolis acceleration is negligible in the mid-troposphere.
(c) the horizontal pressure gradient acceleration is balanced by the
Coriolis acceleration.
(d) the frictional acceleration counteracts the pressure gradient acceleration.
5 (b) (Oceanographers) What are tides of large amplitude that occur every
two weeks called?
(a) Diurnal tides.
(b) Equatorial tides.
(c) Neap tides.
(d) Semidiurnal tides.
(e) Spring tides.
6.(a) (Meteorologists) The middle latitude tropopause is located on average
at
(a) 8 km
(b) 12 km
(c) 16 km
(d) 20 km
(e) 32 km
6. (b) (Oceanographers) The month of peak upwelling occurrence on the
central coast of California, on average, is
(a) July-August
(b) June-July
(c) September-October
(d) May-June
(e) April-May
7. (a) (Meteorologists) Fig. 1 shows a map of two fields or variables.
What are those fields?
Surface pressure and 1000-500 mb
thickness________________________________________
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7. (b) Oceanographers) Fig. 2 shows a map of two fields or variables.
What are those two fields?
Current vectors and sea surface dynamic
topography____________________________________________
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9. The month with greatest iceberg frequency in the Labrador current is
(a) January
(b) March
(c) May
(d) July
(e) September
10. (Meteorologists) The wettest month of the year, on average, at Phoenix,
Arizona is
(a) January
(b) August
(c) October
(d) May
(e) September
10. (b) (Oceanographers) A "tidal bore" is
(a) a series of water waves) caused by the displacement of a large volume of
ocean water, usually by an oceanic earthquake.
(b) a wind-driven motion of dense, cooler, and usually nutrient-rich water
towards the ocean surface,
(c) the process of accumulation and sinking of higher density material
beneath lower density material
(d) a large turbulent rotating warm-core eddy in the ocean.
(e) a phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms
a wave (or waves) of water that travel up a river or narrow bay against
the direction of the current
11. The magnitude of the geostrophic flow (or current) is directly
proportional to
(a) Coriolis parameter
(b) density
(c) latitude
(d) the pressure gradient.
(e) longitude
12. Conventionally, in meteorology and oceanography dB is a unit
(a) sound.
(b) radar reflectivity
(c) pressure
(d) vertical velocity.
(e) height change.
13. The large-scale geophysical circulation that is driven by global density
gradients created by surface heat and freshwater fluxes is known as
(a) the thermally-direct circulation.
(b) the Walker Cell circulation.
(c) the Hadley Cell circulation.
(d) the solenoidal circulation.
(e) the thermohaline circulation.
14. (Meteorologists) The typical 500 mb wind speed in the winter over
North America is roughly
(a) 10 knots..
(b) 50 knots.
(c) 100 knots.
(d) 5 knots.
(e) 200 knots.
14. (Oceanographers) The pressure at the bottom of the Mariana Trench is
roughly
(a) 1,086 millibars.
(b) 1,086 bars.
(c) 18 bars.
(d) 18 decibars.
(e) 180 bars.
15.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
The geostationary satellites orbit at an elevation of approximately
200 km.
1500 km.
10000 km.
22000 km.
36000 km.
Figure 1 (Meteorologists)
Figure 1 (Oceanographers)