CAE Oxford Aviation Academy. JAA PPL Ground training series - Book 4: Meteorology

JAA PPL Ground training series. — CAE Oxford Aviation Academy, 2010. — 340 p.Курс теоретической подготовки к экзаменам для получения лицензии JAA/EASA PPL. На английском языке.This book has been written with that aim in mind by instructors of Oxford Aviation Academy, one of the world’s leading professional flying training schools. The book’s primary aim is to provide both student and qualified general aviation pilots with pilot-oriented instruction in the theory of Aviation Meteorology and to teach them how to use their knowledge of weather theory to interpret meteorological forecasts
and reports in order to carry out effective flight planning.
A further important aim of the book is to help student pilots prepare for the theoretical knowledge examination of the JAR-FCL/EASA Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL) in the subject of Meteorology.
This book is also suitable for those students preparing for the United Kingdom National PPL ground examination in Meteorology, as well as for those students preparing for English-language PPL examinations in Meteorology, outside Europe.
It is hoped, too, that this book will constitute a sound introduction to the subject of Aviation Meteorology for those students preparing for professional pilot examinations.CHAPTER 1: THE ATMOSPHERE
CHAPTER 2: ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
CHAPTER 3: ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY
CHAPTER 4: TEMPERATURE
CHAPTER 5: PRESSURE SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 6: ALTIMETRY
CHAPTER 7: HUMIDITY
CHAPTER 8: ADIABATIC PROCESSES AND STABILITY
CHAPTER 9: TURBULENCE
CHAPTER 10: CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION
CHAPTER 11: THUNDERSTORMS
CHAPTER 12: WINDS
CHAPTER 13: VISIBILITY AND FOG
CHAPTER 14: ICING
CHAPTER 15: AIR MASSES AND FRONTS
CHAPTER 16: THE METAR
CHAPTER 17: TERMINAL AERODROME FORECASTS
CHAPTER 18: THE SPOT WIND CHART
CHAPTER 19: LOW-LEVEL FORECAST CHARTS
CHAPTER 20: WORLD AREA FORECAST SIGWXCHARTS
CHAPTER 21: THE SIGMET
CHAPTER 22: THEAIRMET
CHAPTER 23: THE VOLMET
CHAPTER 24: THE AUTOMATIC TERMINAL INFORMATION SERVICE
CHAPTER 25: WINDSHEAR
METEOROLOGY SYLLABUS
ANSWERS TO METEOROLOGY QUESTIONS