ATSC 113 Weather for Sailing, Flying & Snow Sports

Flying Resources for Experts

This is extra info, not needed to pass the course.  Many of the other Learning Goals have "Expert Info" links that point to manuals and documents on this page.

Canadian

A. Manuals, Handbooks, and Guides

  1. Canadian 2019 Manual of Observations (MANOBS).
    http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2019/eccc/En56-238-2-2018-eng.pdf
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USA

A. Manuals, Handbooks, and Guides

  1. American Meteorological Society (AMS): Glossary of Meteorology (2018, online) http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page
  2. FAA guide: Pilot and Air Traffic Controller Guide to Wake Turbulence (pdf) https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_90-23G.pdf

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B. Other documents and links

  1. Wikipedia: List of cloud types. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cloud_types
  2. FAA Advisory Circular AC 90-23G, on Aircraft Wake Turbulence. (2014, pdf) https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_90-23G.pdf
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C. Textbooks

  1. Stull, 2017: Practical Meteorology (PrMet), An Algebra-based Survey of Atmospheric Science.  (2017 & 2018, pdfs) https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/books/Practical_Meteorology/
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World

A. Manuals, Handbooks, and Guides

  1. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) International Cloud Atlas (2017, online)  https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/principles-of-cloud-classification.html
  2. WMO International Cloud Atlas (1975, outdated "Manual on Cloud Observations", pdf) https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/docs/wmo_407_en-v1.pdf
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Last updated Jan 2020.