Topic list
Meteorology Data Supervisor
Atmosphere, weather processes, observation and climatology
1.1 Composition of the atmosphere: Dry air; atmospheric ozone; water vapour; carbon dioxide; thermosphere; interplanatory gas1.1.json1.2 Vertical Division of Atmosphere: Troposphere; stratosphere; mesosphere; thermosphere; ionosphere; exosphere1.2.json1.3 Heat exchange processes in the atmosphere1.3.json1.4 Air temperature and temperature measurement1.4.json1.5 Atmospheric pressure and pressure measurement1.5.json1.6 Moist air and water vapour properties1.6.json1.7 Moisture indicators: Relative humidity; mixing ratio and dew point; water vapour pressure1.7.json1.8 Elementary theory of wet -bulb thermometer; principles of the psychrometer and the hygrometer1.8.json1.9 Cloud, fog and precipitation formation; visibility and aerosols1.9.json2.1 General climatology2.1.json2.2 Climatic controls: Natural influence on climate (latitude, relief, altitude, water, ice and snow); man's effect on climate2.2.json2.3 Statistical methods in meteorological data handling2.3.json3.1 Surface Observation3.1.json3.2 Sunshine recorder: Location and orientation of the instrument; typ es of charts used; measurement of sunshine duration3.2.json3.3 Thermometers for measuring the temperature of the air: Mercury thermometers and alcohol thermometers; maximum and minimum thermometers3.3.json3.4 Ground temperature thermometers and observation hours3.4.json3.5 Mercury barometers: Fortin and kew; index, gravity and height correction and reduction of the readings to mean sea level; use of correction3.5.json3.6 Psychrometer: principle, maintenance and use of psychrometric tables3.6.json3.7 Evaporation: Principle; maintenances; reading; evaporation pan3.7.json3.8 Surface wind measurement: Wind speed; units; method of observing wind direction; method of obtaining wind speed; types of anemometers3.8.json3.9 Direct measuring rain gauge and snow gauge: Procedures; recording rain gauge; rainfall curves3.9.json3.10 Visibility: Horizontal visibility; measured by estimation or rising landmarks in the day time and light source at night; observed visibility3.10.json3.11 Cloud: International classification of cloud (WMO) general; species and variety of cloud; orographic clouds and special clouds; clouds amount3.11.json3.12 Hydrometeors: Rain; supercooled rain; drizzle; supercooled drizzle; snow grains; snow pellets; ice crystal, hail; small hail; ice pellets; fog3.12.json3.13 Lithometeors: Haze; dust haze; smoke; drifting and blowing dust or sand; dust storm or sand storm3.13.json3.14 Principal forms of precipitation and cloud associated with them: Cloud systems; present weather and past weather3.14.json4.1 International meteorological codes and SYNOP coding procedures4.1.json5.1 Meteorology of aircraft operation and METAR/SPECI reports5.1.json6.1 Installation and inspection of meteorological stations6.1.json