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    AVIATION WEATHER

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2016

    Publisher:  Federal Aviation Administration

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    Chapter 1 - The Earth's Atmosphere
    Chapter 2 - Heat and Temperature
    Chapter 3 - Water Vapor
    Chapter 4 - Earth-Atmosphere Heat Imbalances
    Chapter 5 - Atmospheric Pressure and Altimetry
    Chapter 6 - Weather Charts
    Chapter 7 - Wind
    Chapter 8 - Global Circulations and Jet Streams
    Chapter 9 - Local Winds
    Chapter 10 - Air Masses, Fronts, and the Wave Cyclone Model
    Chapter 11 - Vertical Motion and Cloud Formation
    Chapter 12 - Atmospheric Stability
    Chapter 13 - Clouds
    Chapter 14 - Precipitation
    Chapter 15 - Adverse Wind
    Chapter 16 - Weather, Obstructions to Visibility, Low Ceiling,
                 and Mountain Obscuration
    Chapter 17 - Turbulence
    Chapter 18 - Icing
    Chapter 19 - Thunderstorms
    Chapter 20 - Weather Radar
    Chapter 21 - Tropical Weather
    Chapter 22 - Arctic Weather
    Chapter 23 - Space Weather

    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Aims to provide basic weather information that all airmen must know and intended to be used as a resource for pilot and dispatcher training programs.

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    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Federal Aviation Administration
    Status Current

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    FAA AC 107-2 : 2016 SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (SUAS)
    FAA AC 120-96 : 2016 OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER (OCC) FOR HELICOPTER AIR AMBULANCE (HAA) OPERATIONS
    FAA AC 00-24 : 2013 THUNDERSTORMS
    FAA AC 61-10 : A PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL PILOTS - REFRESHER COURSES
    FAA AC 00-3 : 2004 USE OF COCKPIT DISPLAYS OF DIGITAL WEATHER AND OPERATIONAL INFORMATION
    ASTM F 2636 : 2008 Standard Practice for Commercial Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Pilot Practical Test Standards for Unmanned Aircraft Single-Engine Land (SEL) Remote Control and Autonomous/Semiautonomous (Withdrawn 2014)
    FAA AC 00-64 : 2005 AIR MEDICAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    FAA AC 00-30 : 2016 CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE AVOIDANCE
    FAA AC 91-74 : 2015 PILOT GUIDE: FLIGHT IN ICING CONDITIONS
    FAA AC 120-114 : 2016 PILOT TRAINING AND CHECKING (14 CFR PART 121 SUBPARTS N AND O, INCLUDING APPENDICES E AND F)
    I.S. EN 91-74:2002 PILOT GUIDE FLIGHT IN ICING CONDITIONS
    FAA AC 91-51 : 0 EFFECT OF ICING ON AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND AIRPLANE DEICE AND ANTI-ICE SYSTEMS
    FAA AC 121-25 : 0 ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION: DOMESTIC AND FLAG AIR CARRIERS
    FAA AC 00-63 : 2014 USE OF COCKPIT DISPLAYS OF DIGITAL WEATHER AND AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION
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