Note: Some these activities use frames and require Netscape 2.02 (or a more recent version).
Thermal Convection Animation
This animation demonstrates convection and the production of rising thermals due to heating of the earth's surface by the sun. This animation may be viewed with or without frames.
Temperature Converter
This Javascript calculator allows you to convert between degrees Fahrenheit (F), Celsius (C), and Kelvin (K).
Pressure Converter
This Javascript calculator allows you to convert between millibars (mb), kiloPascals (kPa), and Pascals (Pa).
Computing with the Equation of State
This Javascript calculator allows you to investigate the relationships between the variables in a simple form of the equation of state. You can solve for either temperature, pressure, air density, or the gas constant.
Calculating Virtual Temperature
This Javascript calculator allows you to investigate the relationships between the virtual temperature, actual temperature, and mixing ratio (a measure of the amount of moisture in air).
Calculating Potential Temperature
This is Javascript calculator allows you to experiment with relationships between the temperature, pressure, and potential temperature of a parcel of air.
Calculating the LCL
This Javascript calculator will simultaneously compute the pressure and the temperature of the lifting condensation level (LCL) of a parcel of air. The only known values required are the temperature, dew point, and pressure of the parcel.
Computing Sea Level Pressure
Using the hypsometric equation, this Javascript calculator enables you to reduce to sea level pressure a surface pressure taken at an elevation that is either above or below sea level. You can also use this calculator to solve for any variable in the hypsometric equation, given values for all other variables.
Thermal Circulation Animation
This animation illustrates the development of a thermal circulation between grass and asphalt surfaces. This animation may be viewed with or without frames.
Orographic Lifting Animation
This animation illustrates the role topography (a mountain, in this case) can influence the lifting of air at the surface resulting in cloud development and rain. This animation may be viewed with or without frames.
Gaussian Plume Model Interface
This link accesses a user interface for a working Gaussian Plume Model. Once requested data is entered and model is initiated, the model computations are performed on a remote computer and a graphic display of the results are returned for your assessment.
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