Meteorology and Climatology Group assignments
1. Explain the following terms:
(i)
Green house effect or atmospheric effect
(ii)
Vorticity
(iii) Air mass
(iv)
Trade winds
(v)
ITCZ
(vi)
Climate variability
(vii) Latent instability
(viii) Pseudo instability
2. Give an account of the general sources of errors encountered when the following
climatic are measured:
(i)
radiation (ii) temperature (iii) pressure (iv) rainfall (v) evaporation (vi)
(vi)wind speed and direction
3. Give an account of the formation of a tropical cyclone. Outline with suggested
mitigation measures some of its most destructive impacts.
4. Discuss the available evidence of climate change
5. Give an account of Zimbabwe’s climate
6. Explain the growth and development of a cloud droplet by the Bergeron-Findeson
and the collision and coalescence theories.
7. What is climate classification? What are the advantages of climate classification
8. Give an account of the available climate classification systems
9. Explain with illustrations or diagrams the growth and development of a
thunderstom that is associated with hail.
10. Describe the genesis of Guti weather.What are the benefit and problems that are
associated with Guti weather in summer and winter.
11. What are the impacts of thunderstorm and Guti weather on aviation, agriculture
and tourism?
12. How do the following form (i) air mass (ii) fronts (iii) fog (iv) morning
temperature inversions
13. Use the air mass (genetic) type to to classify the climate of Africa
14. Use the Koppen climate classification to classify Zimbawe’s climate
15. Compare and contrast the Slice and the parcel methods when used in assessing
atmospheric stability
16. What is the general circulation, describe its main features.
17. Discuss the causes of climate change
18. Explain with diagrams the forces that generate wind
19. Explain the concept of global radiation balance use diagrams where possible
20. Describe one tropical cyclone or severe thunderstom you have witnessed. What
measures would you have put in place to mitigate the destructive impacts.
21. Discuss the geomorphological and climatological evidence of climate change
found in Zimbabwe
22. Discuss the evidence of climate change found in Zimbabwe.
23. Give an account of the differences between global radiation balance and global
heat balance.
24. Explain the following (a) Poison’s equation (b) Claucius Claperon’s equation.
How useful are these two equations in meteorology?