GE 406 Introduction to Meteorology

Information about the atmosphere, a web page, based on the combined work of GE 406 students, Spring 1998.

MTU Weather Page

Some general, fundamental information

Solar Variations--these drive the whole thing!-Kris Donaldson

Clouds and Weather--Joy Parke

Wind forecasting --Sirakarn Leungsakul

Meteorological Satellites--Andrea VanderWoude

Precipitation --Dianne Hooper

Fronts --Randal Smith

The upper atmosphere

Radiosonde connections--Colleen Riley

Skew T diagrams --Chris Edlin

Applied Meteorology

Hurricane Forecasting--Jeff Price

Tornado page --Andrew LeBlanc

Lightning --Shannon Garland

Aviation Weather--Jeff Edwards

Of local interest.

Lake Effect Snowfall--Erin Naughton

Snow Cover Michael Taylor

Great Lakes Bouys--Paul Ripple

Meteorology and the big picture

How Volcanoes can alter Earth's climate--Tina Hanson

Ultraviolet Radiation--Jessica Sagady

How meteorology influences photochemical processes--Jie Yang

Total Column Ozone--Song Guo