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Purpose: To apply fundamental math principles (i.e., subtraction, multiplication, simplification, etc.) to simple mathematical problems, which will increase your confidence and ability to use these skills throughout the semester when applying them to physical meteorological problems. Additionally, these skills will prepare you for simple math problems that life will present, both personally (i.e., preparing taxes, making budgets, etc.)and professionally (i.e., density altitude computations, stock market fluctuations, weighted grade calculations, etc.).
Learning Objectives: To understand basic mathematical processes and unit conversions, and deduce quantitative reasoning skills often used in meteorology.
Different parts of the world operate in different time zones, and it is important to be able to convert from one to the other. Additionally, in meteorology, we often use a universal time (UTC / Z) and we need to know how to convert that to local.
Dictates the order, from left to right, to solve an equation
P - Parenthesis, E - Exponents, M - Multiplication, D - Division, A - Addition, S - Subtraction
I.e., math with units!
Adding or subtracting: Units must be the same
Multiplying: Units combine/cancel depending (dimensional analysis?)
Division: Cannot divide fraction by another fraction, keep-change-flip rule
In meteorology, we need to know the scales of temperature and how to convert between then (i.e, °C to °F, °F to K, etc.). Learn more here!
We also need to know typical SI units of variables and how to convert between them. See Examples here!
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