Quiz

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PRECIPITATION
1. Discuss coriolis effect

READY…….
Test 1
True or False
Test 1 True or False

1. The rate of medium rain ranges from

2.5-7.6mm/hr
Test 1 True or False

2. Density of freshly fallen snow ranges

from 0.06-0.15g/cu.cm
Test 1 True or False

3. Coriolis Effect attract items moving on

or above the earth's surface based on the
rotation of the earth.
Test 1 True or False

4. Pressure variation of a tropical

Cyclone is directly proportional to wind
speed except at eye
Test 1 True or False

5. Frontal precipitation results when the

leading edge of a warm air mass meets a
cool air mass
Test 1 True or False

6. A jet stream is an area of strong winds

ranging from 120-250 mph that can be
thousands of miles long, a couple of hundred
miles across and a few miles deep. Jet
streams usually sit at the borderline between
the troposphere and the stratosphere at a
level called the tropopause.
Test 1 True or False

7. Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) is a

common snow pack measurement. It can
be thought of as the depth of water that
would theoretically result if you melted
the entire snow pack gradually.
Test 1 True or False

8. Normal rain method (NRM) is used

when the normal annual precipitation at
any of the index station differs from that
of the interpolation station by more than
10%.
Test 1 True or False

9. Arithmetic Sampling Method is used

when normal annual precipitation is
within 10%
Test 1 True or False

10. A weather satellite is a type of

satellite that is primarily used to monitor
the weather and climate of the Earth
.These meteorological satellites see more
than clouds and cloud systems
Test 1 True or False

11. Anticyclone is a region of high

pressure, with large areal extent with an
excite weather at center. It causes
clockwise wind circulations in northern
hemisphere. Winds are of moderate
speed and at outer edges, cloudy and
precipitation conditions exist.
Test 1 True or False

12. Recording rain gage gives the times of

onset and cessation of rains (thereby
gives the duration of rainfall events)
Test 1 True or False

13. Averaging precipitation over area is

the amount of precipitation which can be
assumed uniform over an area
Test 1 True or False

14. Eye is the center of the storm that

extends to 100km in diameter.
Test 1 True or False

15. Weather radars are mostly Doppler

radars, capable of detecting the weather
and climate in Earth
Test 2
Identification
Test 2. Identification

1. All types of moisture reaching the

surface of earth from atmosphere
Test 2. Identification

2. Method that is recommended for flat

surfaced area
Test 2. Identification

3. Any condensation product formed at

free air or at earth’s surface
Test 2. Identification

4. Its two types are Tropical and

Extratropical
Test 2. Identification

5. Are cast into atmosphere from an

aircraft during cloud modification.
Test 2. Identification

6. It measures the rainfall with a least

count of 1 mm and gives out one
electrical pulse for every millimeter of
rainfall
Test 2. Identification

7. Method used when normal annual

precipitation is within 10%.
Test 2. Identification

8. It is used to check the consistency of

many kinds of hydrologic data by
comparing date for a single station with
that of a pattern composed of the data
from several other stations in the area
Test 2. Identification

9. It is a rain gage which does not

provide the distribution of amount of
precipitation in a day. It simply gives the
amount of precipitation after 24 hours
(daily precipitation).
Test 2. Identification

10. Precipitation is stronger on windward

slope than leeward slope.
Test 2. Identification

11. It is a type of radar used to locate

precipitation, calculate its motion,
estimate its type (rain, snow, hail, etc.),
and forecast its future position and
intensity
Test 2. Identification

12. This method can smooth a time series

and suppress random elements in the
series, and thus show the main trends of
the time series.
Test 2. Identification

13. It is the chief source of moisture for

precipitation.
Test 2. Identification

14. Ranges from light shower to

thunderstorm with areal extent at only
around 10km of diameter.
Test 2. Identification

15. In this method, the precipitation

amounts at the index stations are
weighted by the ratios of their normal
annual precipitation data in a relationship
of the form.
Test 3
Enumeration
Test 3. Enumeration
1-2. Cyclonic Precipitation According to Types
3-5 three main types of precipitation by lifting mechanism
6-9 measurement of precipitation
10-11. two types of rain gages
12-14. types of recording rain gauges
15-16. properties of snow that are measured
17-19. method of measuring snow depth
20-22. interpretation of precipitation Data
23-24. Estimating Missing Precipitation Data at a Station
25-30. other hydrometeors