Question[s] email#1
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1) Are we supposed to be able to get Z1000 from the thickness map, or is that something we are able to calculate? (maybe both?)

2) What is the proper way to adjust values for the scale factor? Is that a matter of 10^# or something that just needs to be multiplied out?

3) When calculating LAD, what does the "s" stand for in that conversion on the project page?

4) I understand how to find wind direction using the maps we are given, but I am a little confused on where we get the magnitude.

Answer[s] to email#1
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1) You can get partial Z1000 information from the thickness map, but not over a broad area. Items (1) and (2) listed on the 
finalproj_2024.docx document acknowledges that you will have to come up with a methodology to relate dZ/dt with dGRV/dt. Recall 
we mentioned in class the general relationship between dGRV/dt (sum of all terms on right-hand-side of Petterssen Development Eqtn) 
and dZ/dt. It's possible you could find the Case Study #7 helpful in relating the two tendencies at the future position of the
1000 hPa cyclone. Be sure you describe your methodology in the written document.

2) If you look under the "Z500 and LAD" description near the middle of the

https://www.atms.unca.edu/dmiller/atms410/fnlpro_garpfuncs2024.txt

document you'll find (I hope) clarification. Scale factor N means the numbers in the plot have been multiplied by 10^N to make
them "nice" integers on the plot and/or color bar. So, in order to turn them into actual numbers, you need to multiply the "nice"
integer numbers by 10^-N to get the actual number (in appropriate units).

3) If you look at the Approximate form of the Petterssen Development Eqtn on the final project page

https://www.atms.unca.edu/dmiller/atms410/at410_fnlpro2024.html

you'll notice LAD consists of sigma (static stability parameter = [assumed a positive constant everywhere]) multiplied by omega
inside the Laplacian operator. The maps contain plots of nearly LAD, where you'll still need to multiply by the appropriately signed
term as described on the project page. Recall the magnitude of LAD is 85% the absolute magnitude of LTHAD.

4) Item (4) listed on the finalproj_2024.docx document offers a hint of how you determine the wind speed of the actual wind. In
calculating gradients, we have learned in previous classes the relationship between a change in latitude or longitude and the
corresponding change in distance [m]:

	avelt = (slt+alt)/2.
	ddxa1 = 111320. * abs(sln-aln) * cos((pi/180.)*avelt)  ! [m]
	ddya1 = 111320. * abs(slt-alt)  ! [m]

where gradient S = dS/ddxa1 i + dS/ddya1 j.

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