Presents an introduction to precipitation, explaining what it is, and includes information on the different types of precipitation, discussing storms, the water cycle, weather forecasting, acid rain, and other topics.
Teachers' Club is a monthly e-magazine for those who would like to enrich their lessons with cultural elements referring to the English speaking countries. This issue is devoted to weather problems (level A2) and Halloween (level B2). Additionally contains grammar pracice exercises (level A1).
TTC - Meteorology: An Introduction to the Wonders of the Weather
Course No. 1796 (24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Taught by Robert G. Fovell University of California, Los Angeles Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1. Nature Abhors Extremes 2. Temperature, Pressure, and Density 3. Atmosphere—Composition and Origin 4. Radiation and the Greenhouse Effect 5. Sphericity, Conduction, and Convection 6. Sea Breezes and Santa Anas
The D-day landings - the fate of 2.5 million men, 3000 landing craft and the entire future of Europe depends on the right weather conditions on the English Channel on a single day. A team of Allied scientists is charged with agreeing on an accurate forecast five days in advance. But is it even possible to predict the weather so far ahead? And what is the relationship between predictability and turbulence, one of the last great mysteries of modern physics?
