Knowledge

I. Introduction to Meteorology
1. Intriguing weather and climate
2. Monsoon and local circulation
3. Weather nouns and jargon
4. Common phraseology in weather forecast
5. What is the probability of precipitation forecast?
II. The Atmosphere
1. Vertical temperature profile of the atmosphere
2. Greenhouse effect and cooling effect of the atmosphere
3. Air mass
4. Front
5. Low pressure and high pressure
6. Cloud and weather
7. Winds and wind systems on the Earth
8. Beaufort scale
III. Weather Phenomena
1. Haze
2. Hail
3. Tornado

IV. Climate Phenomena
4. Rainbow and secondary rainbow
5. Halo
6. Foehn
7. Fog
8. Land-sea breezes
9. Mountain-valley breezes
10. Thunderstorm
11. Typhoon
12. Special weather phenomena in Taiwan
13. Mist
1. El Niño
2. La Niña
3. The formation of monsoons
4. Mei-Yu in Taiwan
V. Artificial Rain
1. The principle of artificial rain
2. The practice of artificial rain
3. The effectiveness of artificial rain