Meteorology

Question 1

Air density vs altitude

Answer 1

1/2 @ 22,000 ft
1/4 @ 40,000 ft

Question 2

Feet per mb @ sea level

Answer 2

30

Question 3

Pressure at sea level

Answer 3

1013 mb

Question 4

Pressure at 10,000 ft

Answer 4

700 mb

Question 5

Pressure at 18,000 ft

Answer 5

500 mb

Question 6

Pressure at 30,000 ft

Answer 6

300 mb

Question 7

Feet per hPa formula

Answer 7

96T (K) / P (hPa)

Question 8

Stratosphere

Answer 8

50km down to 8-16km above the surface

Question 9

Mesosphere

Answer 9

85km down to 50km above surface

Question 10

Thermosphere

Answer 10

600km down to 85km above surface

Question 11

Exosphere

Answer 11

10,000km down to 600km above surface

Question 12

Tropopause height and temp at the poles

Answer 12

26,000 ft and -45degC

Question 13

Tropopause height and temp at the mid latitudes

Answer 13

36,000 ft and -56degC

Question 14

Tropopause height and temp at the equator

Answer 14

52,500 ft and -75degC

Question 15

Altimeter temperature error correction

Answer 15

4% of height difference for every 10degC temp difference to ISA

Question 16

Density altitude correction factor

Answer 16

120ft per 1degC deviation from ISA

Question 17

Type of inversion layer

Answer 17

Ground (nocturnal radiation or advection)
Subsidence (sinking air from HP sys.)
Frontal (warm air rises over cold)
Turbulence
Valley